Vicerrectorado Académico

Centro de Idiomas

Basic English PRACTICE

a. Complete the sentences, to make them sense. Complete with WAS, WERE Use past simple
to make them affirmative, NEGATIVE or interrogative form.

1. Was you a teacher? 9. Marcos and Miguel were together in the

2. Where were you yesterday?
3. Maria was at home, she was at school.
4. He was on vacation the last week.
5. I was at the party all night.
6. José was in the party yesterday, because he
was sick.
7. Where was María the last week?
8. She was studying in her room.
school the last year.
10. _Were you here yesterday?
11. He was a good boy, he was very bad.
12. María and Juan were playing soccer.
13. We were in Canada last week.
14. Was he an engineer?
15. Rosa was on a diet, she’s fine
16. We were doing our homework.

b. Order the words to make sentences or questions.

Example: a/year/I/student/last/wasn’t _____ _____ I wasn’t a student last year_____________.
1. were/you/Where/after/classes/? Where were you after classes?.
2. I/Monday/this/was/work/at I was work at this Monday.
3. and/Carlos/were/work/Juan/at/yesterday Juan and Carlos were work at yesterday.
4. students/in/When/class/were/the? When were the students in class.
5. were/vacation/month/in/on/last/parents/my My parents were in vacation on last month.

c. USE OF ENGLISH. Circle the correct response: a, b or c.

1. What do you do?

a. I am a student b. I do like cats c. I’m cooking chicken.
2. How was your vacation?
a. It was great b. It is awesome c. My vacation were good.
3. Where was Maria the last Sunday?
a. She were at home b. She was at home c. She did at home.
4. Where were you yesterday?
a. I were at school b. you were at school. c. I was at school.
5. How much does it cost?
a. A lot of money b. It is cold c. I don’t have money.
6. What can you do?
a. I like to play soccer b. He can play soccer c. I can play soccer
7. Where were you the last week?
a. I was with my family b. I was with my boy/girlfriend c. I was at home

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d. Underline the correct word.

1.- She was/were yesterday at school.

2.- Where was/were your husband last night?
3.- They was/were/wasn’t/weren’t with their father, they were with their mother.
4.- We weren’t / were / was at home yesterday, We went to Acapulco.
5.- She was / wasn’t sick yesterday and today she continues sick.
6.- was / were her father angry with her?
7.- When were/ was you last night?
8.- My teacher was / wasn’t sick because he wasn’t in class.
9.- Your brother was / wasn’t / were / were busy because he was playing videogames.
10.- I was / wasn’t in class. I don’t know what is the task.

e. Reading.

I always get late because I am a busy person, but people sometimes don’t understand that. Busy
people always will get late because they have a lot of things to do and time is never enough,
especially when you go to parties, it is no important to be late to have fun, right? So don’t worry
about the time when you go to have fun, it is your time and it is your decision.

1.- A right title for the second writing is…? 2.- Why people get late?
a.- Busy people a.- Because they aren’t busy.
b.- To be late is good b.- Because they have a lot of time
c.- Late is polite c.- Because they are busy.
d.- Reasons why you get late d.- Because they have fun.

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