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WORKSHEET 15 Unit 3 – School and friends

Past Simple: to be and there + to be

1. Complete the sentences with was or were.
a) José Saramago ___________was______ a Portuguese writer.
b) There __were_(houve)______________ many students having lunch (almoço) in the canteen!
c) We _______were__________ in the gym yesterday.
d) Yesterday __was_______________ a very (muito) rainy day.
e) My friends____were____________ in the park two days ago.
f) You were_________________ good at the swimming competition!
g) Larissa and I _were________________ in the same (mesma) class last year.
h) On Saturday I ____was_____________ at home all day, watching TV.
i) My parents __were_______________ in Coimbra last weekend.
j) The windows _were________________ closed.
k) It ____was_____________ two years ago the last time we played this game.
l) My grandfather ___was______________ a pilot.

2. Write the sentences from b to d in the negative form and from e to g in the interrogative form.
e) My friends____were____________ in the park two days ago.
My friends weren’t in the park two days ago.
Were my friends in the park two days ago? (question mark)
f) You weren´t good at the swimming competition!
Were you good at the swimming competition?
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g) Larissa and I were in the same (mesma) class last year.
Were Larissa and I in the same class last year?
Were we in the same class last year, Larissa and I?
Larissa and I weren’t in the same class last year.

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3. Complete the sentences with there was (singular) or there were (plural, you) in the affirmative,
negative or interrogative form. Then match the sentences to the pictures.
a) When I arrived at the canteen, ______there wasn’t___________ (neg.) any bread.
b) ___There was______________ too much noise (barulho) and the teacher was really mad (zangado)!

c) _____Were there____________ any students in the classroom when you arrived?

d) ____There _wasn’t____________ (neg.) any milk to prepare my cereals this morning.

e) _____Was there____________ someone at home when I passed by?

f) ______There was___________ a delicious birthday (aniversário) cake at your party!

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