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PAST SIMPLE TO BE WAS/WERE Exercise 1: Underline the right answer. Example: Tom wasn’t /weren’t at school. 1. It was / were cold yesterday. 2. My parents wasn’t / weren’t in Italy last year. 3. Sally was / were in the country at the weekend. 4. Sarah wasn’t / weren’t happy yesterday. 5. They was / were late for school last Tuesday. 6. Dave wasn’t/ weren’t tired yesterday. 7. Ted and Jill was / were at the cinema last night. 8. They was / were at the beach yesterday. 9. You was / were with my British friends. Exercise 2: Underline the right answer. Example: Tom wasn’t /weren’t at school. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

I was / were very attentive in the classroom. Henry and Todd was / were very absent-minded yesterday. The teacher was / were very mad. The weather was / were fine yesterday. The house was / were extremely cosy. This was / were a very mild Summer. These was / were my toys. The History test was / were very difficult. My parents was / were very sad yesterday.

Exercise 3: Write the sentences in past tense WAS/WERE Example: I’m not at school  I wasn’t at school. 1. Mark isn’t here. ________________________________________________________________ 2. This dog is funny. ________________________________________________________________ 3. I am not busy. ________________________________________________________________ 4. You are very lucky. ________________________________________________________________ 5. The winter is cold. ________________________________________________________________ 6. They aren’t tired. ________________________________________________________________ 7. We are hungry. ________________________________________________________________ 8. This book isn’t boring. ______________________________________________________________

Exercise 4: Write WAS/WERE. 1. He .............. a good student. 2. Dick ............. at the bank yesterday. 3. Peter and David ............. very sleepy last night. 4. The cat ................ in the garden. 5. He ................ at the church yesterday. 6. Mary ............. ill last week. 7. My aunt Lucy .............. at the shopping centre last night. 8. Uncle Thomas ................ at home the whole weekend. 9. You ................ very noisy in class yesterday. 10. My family ............. in Madrid on holidays last Summer. 11. They ............. at school yesterday. 12. Sara ............. at the hospital yesterday afternoon. 13. I .............. at the station last night. 14. My daughter ............ born in August. 15. The pencils .............. on the table. Exercise 5: Write WAS/WERE. Yesterday, it .............. a hot day. I .............. tired. I wanted to swim. I .............. in the living room when my mom .............. in the kitchen. She .............. very happy. She cooked some good food. I .............. sad. My brother .............. sad, too. We .............. not fine and we didn’t want to eat anything. My mother called us two times. She .............. not happy because she wanted us to enjoy the food with her. My dad .............. in the garden. He planted some trees. He .............. tired but he .............. happy because he saw some flowers. He went into the house and he .............. hungry. Exercise 5: Underline the mistake and correct it Example: ___was______ I were at my Gran's house yesterday. 1. _________ You wasn’t late for school this morning. 2. _________ She were with her friends last Saturday. 3. _________ We was tired yesterday. 4. _________ My mother were a teacher. 5. _________ Bill Clinton were the president of the US. 6. _________ This soup were very tasty. 7. _________ The children was good.