38786 verb to be past simple

FILL IN THE GAPS WITH ‘WAS/WERE’
1.- Today it’s Friday so yesterday …….. Thursday.
2.- Mike ……… at the party because I invited him
3.- The restaurant ……… far so we went by car.
4.- Kate ………. a very smart English girl and Tom
loved her very much.
5.- They ………. still in bed when I phoned them.
6.- We visited the Museum and we ……… amazed.
7.- My cousin ……….on holiday in Greece.
8.- Alison and you ………. ready when he rang the
door bell.
9.- What …….. she doing at 3 o’clock?
10.- Mathew and his dad ……… playing golf.
11.-The documentary …….. a bit boring.
12.-Ralp and Sue ……. not twenty years old.
13.-It ……… a sunny day so we ……… happy.
14.-The song contest ……….. very entertaining.
15.-Some monkeys …….. on the trees.
16.-Your baby ……. really sweet.

FILL IN THE GAPS.USE ‘
WAS/WASN’T/WERE/WEREN’T

1.-Caroline ………. French. She was born in
Marseille.
2.-The exam ……….. as difficult as the last
one.
3.- The sky ……… cloudy but it …….. raining.
4.-My bedroom ……… on the second floor.
5.-The chemist …….. closed so I couldn’t buy
the medicines.

6.- Steve …….. well so he went to see a
doctor.
7.- I ……… at the discoteque with my
boyfriend last Saturday evening.
8.- Sonia ……. very pleased to see me.
9.- My mom ……… angry with me last night.
10.- I ………. at home when my family had
dinner. My dad ……….. there either.
11.- James ………. very friendly with her.

WRITE QUESTIONS USING ‘WAS/WERE’
1.- My keys /on the table?
m …………………………………………………….
2.- The red jumper/ very expensive?
……………………………………………………..
3.- Margaret/Tom/ good friends?
…………………………………………………….
4.- The clown/ at the circus/ funny?
……………………………………………………
5.- Yolanda / at the hospital?
…………………………………………………..
6.- Miguel/tired/ yesterday?
………………………………………………….
7.- The cinema/ next to the shopping centre?
………………………………………………….
8.- Pablo Picasso/ Spanish
…………………………………………..
9.-Andrew / married?
………………………………………….
10.- Elsa and Luis/ Italian?

………………………………………….

WRITE SHORT ANSWER TO EXERCISE 3
1.- Yes, they ……………………
2.- No, it ………………………..
3.- Yes, they …………………..
4.- No, he ……………………
5.- Yes, she …………………
6.- No, he ………………….
7.- Yes, it …………………
8.- Yes, he …………………
9.- No, he …………………
10.- Yes, they …………..


The man …..….. reading a book.
He ……….. crying. He ……….laughing.
He …………. wearing glasses.
He ………………… at the library.