Verb To BE (Was, Were) MCQ Grammar Quiz - Test - Exercise

1. There … more than forty people at the meeting. 9. My friend and I … at the library yesterday afternoon.

A) were A) wasn’t
B) was B) was
C) wasn’t C) were
2. (A) How old … you last year? 10. Where did you go on the weekend? Why … you at
home?
(B) I … twenty years old.
A) wasn’t
A) were / were B) were
B) were / was C) weren’t
C) was / were
11. Cathy is a police officer now, but she … a pilot last
3. (A) Where … Tom last night? year.

(B) He … at home. A) was

B) weren’t
A) was / were
C) is
B) were / were
12. (A) Where … you born?
C) was / was
4. The bus was late, so Alex and Sam … also late for (B) I … born in Peru.
class this morning.
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A) were / were
A) were B) were / was
B) was C) was / were
C) weren’t
13. That movie … really funny! I laughed all night!
5. (A) Were you sick last week?
A) were
(B) No, I ….
B) wasn’t
A) weren’t C) was
B) were 14. I thought the cookies … delicious, so I ate six of
them!
C) wasn’t
6. (A) … Maria here an hour ago? A) was
B) were
(B) Yes, she was.
C) weren’t
A) Were 15. There … nothing I could do, so I asked for help.
B) Was
C) Weren’t A) was
B) wasn’t
7. I’m a teacher now, but I … a student in 2015.
C) were
A) am 16. Our science teacher said that some dinosaurs …
B) was huge.
C) were
A) was
8. We had a great time at the party. It … lots of fun.
B) are
A) was C) were
B) were
C) is

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