VERB TO BE – SIMPLE PAST

REMEMBER: Affirmative form : I / he / she / it was

You / we / they were
Negative form : I /he / she /it was not ( wasn’t)
You / we / they were not (weren’t)
Interrogative form: Was I /he / she / it ………. ?
Were we / you / they …….?

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH WAS/WERE. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1.We was/were at home all day yesterday.
1. What ---------- the time? It ---------- four o’clock.
2.Was/were there a good programme on
2. We ---------- in Rome last summer.
TV.last night?
3. The school bus ---------- ten minutes late yesterday.
3.We wasn’t/weren’t happy with the hotel.
4. ---------- there any sugar in your coffee?
The rooms was/were very small.
5. Where ---------- your parents last night?
4.Yesterday it was/were sunny and we
6. ---------- your grandmother a teacher?
was/were at the park all day.
7. The manager ---------- in his office on Monday.
5.Bill was/were at home yesterday.Because
8.There ---------- three people at the tennis club.
he was/were very ill.

WHERE WERE THESE PEOPLE 1 2 3

AT 5 O’CLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON?

1. Brian was at swimming pool.

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Brian/ pool
3.---------------------------------------------- Meg/hospital Sam/bed
4.---------------------------------------------- 4 5 6
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Kim/seaside Ted/dentist Nancy/zoo
10.---------------------------------------------
7 8 9 10

Rick&Pam Peter&Sally/
Tim/bus stop Rob/museum
restaurant park
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