Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn’t, weren’t.
1- I couldn’t sleep last night because my neighbours ________ very noisy.
2- Carla ________ very happy yesterday because it ________ her birthday and got a lot of presents. 3- The weather ________ good last week. It was terrible! 4- Andy ________ very tired after a hard day at work. 5- I went to your house yesterday, but you ________ there. Where ________ you? 6- A lot of people ________ at the meeting on Monday evening. 7- Kim ________ in hospital a week ago. She had a broken leg. 8- Mark ________ happy on his first day at school. He cried a lot. 9- Tom’s grandparents ________ from Italy, so he could speak Italian very good. 10- David and Ana ________ at home on Saturday. They went out with their friends. 11- Karen ________ at the gym yesterday morning. She was running in the park. 12- It ________ 7 o’clock when I arrived home. 13- My twin brothers ________ born 5 years ago. 14- Mozart and Beethoven ________ painters. They ________ famous composers. 15- The exam ________ easy, so I failed it. 16- I ________ twenty-five when I started working. 17- The kids ________ hungry and they didn’t finish their dinner. 18- How many people __________ at your house last weekend? 19- The book wasn´t difficult It __________ easy. 20- __________ your parents in the restaurant? Yes, they __________ . 21- She __________ at home, she was at school. 22- __________ you at the park? Yes, I __________ . 23- Bill Gates __________ a student at Harvard University. 24- The math questions __________ easy, they were difficult. 25- She __________ reading in bed at 11 o´clock last night. 26- The room __________ big, it was small. 27- Einstein __________ a great mathematician. 28- __________ English your favourite subject last year? 29- The English exam __________ difficult, it was OK. 30- __________ famous people always good at school? No, they __________ .
Write these questions in the correct order, then match them with the answers.
1- teacher/ Was / your / school / at / yesterday / evening? a. It was on 4th May.
__________________________________________ ____ b. No, she wasn´t . 2- job / was / what / Peter’s / ? c. He was a waiter. __________________________________________ ____ d. It was very cold and windy. 3- were / where / from / your grandparents / ? e. Because they weren’t with their friends. __________________________________________ ____ f. It was yesterday, and it was very 4- well / and aunt / your uncle / yesterday? / Were difficult. __________________________________________ ____ g. No, they weren’t. They were ill. 5- your parents / how old / when they got married /were / ? h. They were from Germany. __________________________________________ ____ i. We were at the shopping centre all 6- was / Andy’s birthday / when / ? morning. __________________________________________ ____ 7- sad / the children / why / were / ? j. My father was twenty-nine and my __________________________________________ ____ mother was twenty-six. 8- the weather / like / what / yesterday / was / ? k. No, he wasn’t. He was awake. __________________________________________ ____ 9- Louis / Was / 2 o’clock / asleep / in the morning? / at __________________________________________ ____ 10- was / when / your science exam / ? __________________________________________ ____ 11- you / where / were / yesterday morning / ? __________________________________________ ____ iSLCollective.com
H. B. Green (auth.), J. T. Fraser, N. Lawrence (eds.) - The Study of Time II_ Proceedings of the Second Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Lake Yamanaka-Japan (1975, Springer-Verlag Berli.pdf