Prof.

Marcela Zucchelli
LENGUA EXTRANJERA INGLÉS
Advanced Level
Student´s name: ………………………….

“SIMPLE PAST”

Aims: Language focus: was, were, there was, there were. Past Simple: Regular and Irregular verbs.
Describing and writing events in the past. Common verbs.

WARM-UP
Where were you last Sunday?
Was your friend in Paris last year?
When was your last Language test?
Who was William Shakespeare? ….

WAS / WERE

1 Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn´t and weren´t.

1 I …………………. In London with my family last summer.

2 They …………………… very scary animals.
3 The café ………………………………… very good.
4 The shoes ………………………………… very comfortable.
5 …………………………….. it another boring trip? No, it ………………………. .

2 Look at the sentences in exercise 1. Then complete the rules using the correct form
of was or were.

3 Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn´t and weren´t.

1 My family and I …………………… in England last year.

2 The shoe exhibition ………………………… boring.
3 Bluebird ………………………….. a motorbike.
4 The shoes in China …………………….. very small.
5 ……………………………… the Natural History Museum interesting? Yes, it …………. .
6 ………………………………. May and her family in Paris last year? No, they ………….. .

THERE WAS / THERE WERE

4 Choose the correct words.

1 There was / were a car from 1964.
2 There was / were lots and lots of cars.
3 There wasn´t / weren´t a good café.
4 There wasn´t / weren´t any exciting animals.
5 Look at the photo. Describe it using there was / there were

Write sentences about an event in your town last year. Use there was / there were.
Think about:

the place the date the number of people music famous people

It was in the town centre. It was in May last year ….

6 USE IT! Write questions with was and were and the words in the box. Then ask and
answer the questions with your partner.

When Where Who What

1 …………………………………. you at 8 o´clock this morning?

2 ………………………………………………………… your last meal?
3 ……………………………………………………. your first teacher?
4 ………………………………………………. William Shakespeare?
5 ………………………………………………. your last English test?
6 ……………………………………. your first visit to a museum?