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10 GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with wasn’t or weren’t. 4 Complete the text with the past simple form of the
verbs in brackets.
0. Veronica wasn’t at school yesterday.
1. Tim and Julie ____________ at home. Ada Lovelace 0was (be) born in 1815. As a child, she
2. There ____________ any people in the park. 1
_______________ (not be) very healthy and stayed at
3. The test ____________ very difficult. home a lot, but she 2_______________ (like) studying.
4. My parents ____________ at the school meeting. Her favourite subjects 3_______________ (be) Science
5. My books ____________ in the library. and Maths. In those days, it 4______________ (not be)
6. There ____________ enough time to talk. possible for women to study at university. Luckily, her
7. Sara ____________ on the soccer team. parents 5_______________ (be) wealthy and she
6
_______________ (study) at home. She
2 Write questions and answers using the past simple 7
_______________ (invent) the first computer program
form of be. for an early type of computer.
0. the film / good
Was the film good? Yes, it was. 5 Complete the questions and write the answers.
1. there / a lot of people 0. When was Ada born? In 1815.
_________________________________? 1. __________ she healthy?
No, ____________________. ____________________________________
2. Julie / born in France 2. What ________ her favourite subjects?
_________________________________? ____________________________________
Yes, ___________________. 3. _________ it easy for her to study?
3. Bill and Harry / at the party ____________________________________
_________________________________? 4. __________ her parents wealthy?
No, ____________________. ____________________________________
4. your picture /in the newspaper 5. Why _________ she famous?
_________________________________? ____________________________________
Yes, ___________________.
5. there / a new student in your class
6 Correct the mistakes.
_________________________________?
Yes, ___________________. 0. We was very busy last weekend.
We were very busy last weekend.
1. Where was you last weekend?
3 Write the past simple form of each verb.
____________________________________
0. start - started 2. Jason not was at school last week.
1. work - ______________ ____________________________________
2. try - ______________ 3. Was there a lot of people at the concert?
3. study - ______________ ____________________________________
4. like - ______________ 4. You were at the party last Friday?
5. crash - ______________ ____________________________________
6. move - ______________ 5. How old you were in 2015?
7. worry - ______________ __________________________________

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