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6.2 was/were 6.2 was/were

1 Write was, were, wasn’t or weren’t into the
gaps to complete these sentences. You need
to put two answers in questions 5, 6 and 7.
0 Who was the first president of the USA?
1 How old ____________ you in 2010?
2 Who ____________ the first person in space?
3 There ____________ any mobile phones 100
years ago.
4 Uruguay ____________ the first winner of the
football World Cup in 1930.
5 My grandad ____________ alive in 1930 – he
____________ born in 1939.
6 We ____________ at home at 6 o’clock
yesterday – we ____________ out at the cinema
with our friends.
7 Denny ____________ very happy because his
friends ____________ very late!
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1 Write was, were, wasn’t or weren’t into the
gaps to complete these sentences. You need
to put two answers in questions 5, 6 and 7.
8 Who was the first president of the USA?
9 How old ____________ you in 2010?
10 Who ____________ the first person in space?
11 There ____________ any mobile phones 100
years ago.
12 Uruguay ____________ the first winner of the
football World Cup in 1930.
13 My grandad ____________ alive in 1930 – he
____________ born in 1939.
14 We ____________ at home at 6 o’clock
yesterday – we ____________ out at the cinema
with our friends.
15 Denny ____________ very happy because his
friends ____________ very late!
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2 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t 2 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t
or weren’t. or weren’t.
Chris: 0 Were you at college yesterday? Chris: 0 Were you at college yesterday?
Mel: No, I 1 ____________. I 2 ____________ at Mel: No, I 1 ____________. I 2 ____________ at
my grandma’s house. my grandma’s house.
Chris: Oh, why 3 ____________ you there? Chris: Oh, why 3 ____________ you there?
Mel: It 4 ____________ her eightieth birthday. Mel: It 4 ____________ her eightieth birthday.
5 5
Chris: ____________ everyone in your family Chris: ____________ everyone in your family
there? there?
Mel: No, they 6 ____________. My brother Mel: No, they 6 ____________. My brother
7 7
____________ there. ____________ there.
Chris: Why not? Chris: Why not?
Mel: He 8 ____________ at work. Mel: He 8 ____________ at work.
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