31086 past of the verb tobe

A. We for the past simple of “be” like this:
Positive
Singular

I was
You

were

He/she/it was
Plural we/you/they
were

Negative
Singular

full form
short form
I was not
I wasn’t
You were not you weren’t
He/she/it was not He/she/it
wasn’t
Plural

B) Fill in the blanks with “was-were
or wasn’t-weren’t”.
1. Your mother__________ at home yesterday.
2. Melissa __________ at school last Monday.
Because she _________ ill.
3. Bryan ________ with her father.

4. Mary ________ at the party
5. Last night but I couldn’t see her.
6. Nick ________ at home as I expected
7. There _________ many people at
the party.
8. I _________ at school yesterday.
9. Your father________ at work
I wonder where he _________.
10. Kian _________ at M. Jackson concert.

we/you/they were not
we/you/they weren’t

C) Give short answer to the questions.
1) Was Paul ill last week?
(+)
----------------------------------------------------------------.
(-)
-----------------------------------------------------------------.
2) Were your parents at home yesterday?
(+)
----------------------------------------------------------------.
(-)
-----------------------------------------------------------------.
3) Was the newspaper interesting?

1. E) Turn the sentences into
negative.
2. My father was at the bus stop.
---------------------------------3. Nelly was very frustrated.

---------------------------------4. Emily and Nita were at the shop.
---------------------------------5. Jhon was surprised yesterday.
---------------------------------6. We were at the cinema last night.
---------------------------------7. My mother was in the living room.
---------------------------------8. Daniel was in a hurry this morning.
---------------------------------9. Albert was in the classroom.
---------------------------------

D) Put in order.

1) Was / yesterday / happy / Henrry /.
(+) --------------------------------.
2) were / last night / you / where.
(-) --------------------------------.
3) The film / what / like / was.
(+) --------------------------------.
4) Were / at the concert / your friends.
(-) --------------------------------.
5) Like / what / the weather / was.
(-) --------------------------------.
6) Successful / was / Mary / at the
race.
( + ) -------------------------------.
A) Choose the correct answer.
1) Emma was at the hospital with his father
she were/was so worried.
2) Vicky and Tom were/was lucky yesterday.
3) Karen wasn’t/weren’t in the kitchen.
4) Helen was/were 16 years old last year.
5) My parents were/was in London this

weekend so I were/was alone to do what I
wanted.
6) The garden wasn’t/weren’t colorful.
7) The pupils were/weren’t bored they
were/was paying all the afternoon.
8) Sue was/wasn’t careless with the vase she
broken it.
9) After the football match you
wasn’t/weren’t here for the celebration.
10)
I were/was with mum at the market
when I saw them.


Questions
Singular

Was I
Were you
Was he/she/it

Plural

Were we/you/they

right?

right?

A) Make Julia some questions about her last

trip.
(your hotel/good)
……………………………………………………………………………….……........
(The weather/nice)
…………………………………………………………………………..……………...
(Your trip/OK)
…………………………………………..……………………………………..……...

C) Ask questions according to the underlined
words
1………………………………………………………………………………..
No, she wasn’t. She was in the living room.
2………………………………………………………………………………….
.No, she wasn’t. She was in the living room.
3. ………………………………………………………………………………..
No, she wasn’t. She was in the living room.
4. ………………………………………………………………………………
No, she wasn’t. She was in the living room.
5. ………………………………………………………………………………
No, she wasn’t. She was in the living room.

B)Fill in with was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.
a) There ....................... any market here twenty
years ago.
b) ................... there a park back then? – No,
there ...........
c) What .............................. your favourite cartoon
when you ................................. a child?
d) There ............................ any cinemas here
twenty years ago.

e) Is Mary ill? She ..................................... at work
today.
f) There .................... a lot of people at the party
last night.
g) Where .................................................... you
yesterday?
D) Turn the sentences into question.
1. Erick was at the concert with his father.
………………………………………………………………….…………………?
2. Joseph and Lisa were on holiday last year.
…………………………………………………………….………………………?
3. Kian was at school at 7 o’clock.
…………………………………………………………………………..………?
4. Christian was the photographer last month.
………………………………………………………………………..…………?
5. My friends were in Ireland this weekend.
…………………………………………………………………………..………?
6. The bedrooms were colorful.
………………………………………………………………………………….…?
7. The children were happy.
…………………………………………………………………………….………?
8. Susan was sick, yesterday.
………………………………………………………………………..…………?

E) Put was-were or wasn’t-weren’t, in the gaps in these conversation.
Peter: …………………..Paul at work today?
Julie: no he …………………… in the office. I think he’s sick.
Harry: ……………….. you on holiday last month?
Mary: yes, I ……………… in Peru and it ………………. Wonderful because I visited Macchu Pichu.
Steve: Nick and I …………………… at home playing videogames, why you didn’t come?

Bryan: because I ………………. Sick, I had to stay at home all day.
Jhon: ………………..you in Asia last year?
Frank: yes, I …………………… in Japan on business, and then my wife and I ……………….. in Korea for
a shot holyday.