The document provides instruction on using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the verb and provides examples of filling in sentences with was/were. There are also exercises for the reader to complete choosing the correct form of "was/were" in sentences and indicating where people were at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The document provides instruction on using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the verb and provides examples of filling in sentences with was/were. There are also exercises for the reader to complete choosing the correct form of "was/were" in sentences and indicating where people were at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The document provides instruction on using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the verb and provides examples of filling in sentences with was/were. There are also exercises for the reader to complete choosing the correct form of "was/were" in sentences and indicating where people were at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The document provides instruction on using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the verb and provides examples of filling in sentences with was/were. There are also exercises for the reader to complete choosing the correct form of "was/were" in sentences and indicating where people were at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
REMEMBER: Affirmative form : I / he / she / it was
You / we / they were Negative form : I /he / she /it was not ( wasn’t) You / we / they were not (weren’t) Interrogative form: Was I /he / she / it ............. ? Were we / you / they ........ ?
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH WAS/WERE. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1.We was/were at home all day yesterday. 1. What ---------- the time? It ------------ four o’clock. 2.Was/were there a good programme on 2. We ------------- in Rome last summer. TV.last night? 3. The school bus ------------ ten minutes late yesterday. 3. We wasn’t/weren’t happy with the hotel. The rooms was/were very small. 4 ------------- there any sugar in your coffee? 4. Yesterday it was/were sunny and we 5. Where ------------ your parents last night? was/were at the park all day. 6 ------------- your grandmother a teacher? 5. Bill was/were at home yesterday.Because 7. The manager ------------- in his office on Monday. he was/were very ill. 8.There ------------ three people at the tennis club. 6. When I was/were a child, I was/were 9.Mr Green and the baby -------------in the park. afraid of dogs. 10 ------------ there a lot of people with you? 7. They was/were hungry after the journey but they wasn’t/weren’t tired. 11. We -------------at school yesterday. 8. The hotel was/were very comfortable but 12 ------------ Monica a good tennis player? it was/were very expensive. 13. The teacher ------------- angry in the lesson. 9. I was/were very hungry but there 14. My little brother ------------ a cute boy. wasn’t/weren’t anything to eat. 15. Why ------------ you crying? 10.You wasn’t/weren’t at home last 16. They------------- at home at 9 o’clock yesterday. night.Where was/were you?