was, were 3 ** Order the words to make questions.

1 * Complete the table with the words birthday I his I was I February I in
in the box. Was his birthday in February?
bored I you I at I party I the I were
wasn't were Was weren't was
weren't wa5 Were wasn't were
2 football I was I match I when I the
Affirmative
3 last I friends I where I your I night I were
I I He I She I It'~ at home last night.
You I We I You I They ,_ _ at the match. 4 they I tired I were I morning I this
Negative
5 was I what Iyou rI name I grandmother's
I I He I She I It ,_ _ at school yesterday.
You I We IYou IThey4_ _ atthe party.
Questions
there was, there were
I he I she I it in Berlin last week?
'__ I

' _ _ you Iwe Iyou I they in class?

4 ** Look at the picture. Write sentences
w ith there was, there wasn't, there were and
Short answers there weren't.
Affirmative Negative
Yes, I I he I she , _ _ No, I I he I she , _ _

Yes, you I we I they No, you I we I they

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2 ** Correct the sentences.

Leonardo da Vinci was French. (Italian)
Leonardo da Vinci wasn 't French. lie was Italian.
1 Elvis Presley was from Spain. (the USA)
2 Pab lo Picasso was a musician. (artist)
3 The 2008 Olympics were in London. (Beijing)
(shopping centre)
In IQOO then wasn't a shopping centre.
1 (shops) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2 (supermarket) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3 (cars) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4 (cinema) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5 (factory) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

4 Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein were 5 *** Write sentences about your town in
interested in shopping. (science) 1900. Use there was, there wasn't, there were,
there weren't and the words in the box.

cafes park car park art gallery ~

5 J.R.R Tolkien was a famous actor. (writer)
hospital flats bus station train station

There was a library near the train station .

6 John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln were
French presidents. (American)
2
3
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Test 14 Name

Past simple: Be 4 Wri te sentences. Use the correct form of

the re was or there were.

1 Write affirmative and negative sentences. ~ a lot of restauran ts X

Use was or were. ' ", e re oN e rel) 't Q lot of re,tallral)t,.
a sv.'im ming poo l X
~ .I it / a good film
Itwa , a9 ood__ B~lm
~ . __________________
2 two bus es ./
~ X you and Jason / at school/yesterday
YOll al)d Ja,ol) werel)'t at ,chool ye,terday.
3 a tree in the garden .I
1 .I 1/ at my friend's house / on Saturday

4 cake s X
2 X he / very busy

5 a lot of snow on the hills .I

3 .I Betty / lucky to win the match

4 X we / on holiday / last month __ 15

5 .I it / terrible weather
5 Write questions and short answers.

~ a library .I
l __ 15 I Wa, there a library? Ye" there Wa).

1 music X
2 Write questions and short answers.

~ you / in London / last week? .I

We re YOll il) LOl)dol) la,t week? Ye" I Wa,. 2 a lot of sunshine X

1 he / at home / yesterday? X

3 good shops in the town .I

2 it! a good film?.I

4 a flower in her ha ir .I

3 you / at school/last Friday? X

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4 Daisy and Fred / at the beach?.I
Total __ /26

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