16936 simple past of verb to be

1. Complete the sentences
with was or were.

a) I ______ill last night.
b) Susan _______ on stage.
c) They ______ at Scholl
last Tuesday.
d) Elvis Presley ______
American.
e) They _______ born in
1996.

2. Rewrite the sentences in
the negative.
a) I was with my parents in
the mountains.
________________________
______________________
b) Tim was absent yesterday.
________________________
______________________

5. Complete the sentences
with wasn´t or weren´t.
a) They _____ at the concert last
night.
b) Paul _____ at school yesterday.
c) Her jeans ________ Portuguese.
They were American.
d) We ________ at home at eight o
´clock. We were at the cinema.

3. Write the questions according to
the answers.
a) ____________________________?
I was born in 1971.
b) ___________________________?
They were my grandparents.
c) ___________________________?
He was a famous singer.
d) ___________________________?
I was at school yesterday morning.

4. Write Yes / No Questions and the answers according to the
information in brackets.
1. Susan was at the beach this weekend.
___________________________________________________?
Yes, ________________________________________________.

6. Put the words in the correct order
and make sentences.

2. Helen was born in Lisbon.

a) baby/ happy / was / I

___________________________________________________?
No , ________________________________________________.

b) was / a / great/ composer /
Chopin.

_____________________________
c) exciting / was / football match /
was
_____________________________

9. Complete with Question tags.
A) Elvis Presley was a famous singer, ________________?
B) She wasn´t at home last night, ___________________?
C) You and your brother weren´t at the cinema, ________?

7. Make Questions
a) The 2004 Olympics / In Japan?
_________________________________
b) Pedro Alvares Cabral / American?
_________________________________
c) Marilyn Monroe / a singer?
_________________________________

D) I was twelve in 1985, _____________________?
E) Those singers were in London last year, ____________?
F) Tina was in France last week, _____________________?
G) Mr. Smith wasn´t in Portugal last week, _____________?