WAS -WERE

He was Peruvian.

He was a writer and a poet.

He was in prison.

He wasn't rich.

He was born in Santiago de Chuco.

CESAR VALLEJO
She was from England.

She was beautiful.

She was a princess.

She wasn't single.

PRINCESS DIANA
They were from

Liverpool.

They were singers.

They were four.

They were famous.

They weren't very attractive.

THE BEATLES
 VERB BE
Present Past
I was
I am
You were
You are
He was
He is
She was
She is It was
It is We were

We are They were

They are
Fill in the gaps with was,wasn't, were and weren't.

POSITIVE(+) NEGATIVE(-)

I was I_____WASN’T______(was not)

You/We/They__WERE___ You/We/They___WEREN’T____

He/She/It_____WAS______ He/She/It____WASN’T______
WHO WERE THEY?
Read about these famous people and fill in the gaps with
was, were, wasn't or weren't.

1) Gabriel García Márquez__WAS___ Colombian.

2) Pablo Picasso ___WASN’T____a writer.

3) Maradona and Pelé___WERE____famous soccer

players.

4) Amy Winehouse___WAS___a drug addict.

5) Mozart and Beethoven___WERE____singers.

6) Fidel Castro__WAS__from Cuba.

7) Juan Gabriel___WASN’T_____a politician.