PAST SIMPLE: TO BE
Past simple of to be verb (WAS / WERE)
POSITIVE FORM
You
were
NEGATIVE
FORM
We
at the beach.
They
I
She
He
It
was
was
at the beach.
You
We
I
She
He
It
They INTERROGATIVE FORM
weren’t
at the beach.
wasn’t
You
Were
We
They
Yes,
No,
You
We
They
at the beach.
She
at the beach?
were.
weren’t.
Was
He
at the beach?
It
Yes,
No,
I
She
He
It
was.
wasn’t.
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1. Fill in the gaps with WAS or WERE.(05 marks)
1) It _____________ a fantastic day last weekend.
2) My friends and I _____________ in the ocean.
3) There ______________ a lot of sea creatures.
4) My favorite ___________ the sea lion.
5) The sea lion _______ amazing.
2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1) a fantastic/ last weekend/ was/ It.
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2) My friends and I/ at the beach/ were.
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3) There/ lots of/ were/ dolphins/ in the water.
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4) lots of/ were/ there/ people/ in the ocean.
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5) hot and sunny/ The weather/ was.
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3. Rewrite these sentences in the negative form.
1) It was a fantastic day.
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2) My friends and I were in the aquarium.
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3) There were a lot of strange sea creatures.
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4) My favorite was the clown fish.
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5) The weather was sunny.
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4. Write questions using WAS or WERE.
1) ________________________________________________________________
2)
3)
4)
5)
Yes, the weather was hot.
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No, we weren’t on the beach.
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No, there weren’t any sharks in the aquarium.
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Yes, I was in the swimming pool last weekend.
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Yes, it was a fantastic last
weekend.