verb to be - simple past
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Practice on "was and were"TRANSCRIPT
Affirmative Form
I, he, she, it wasYou, we, they
were
Affirmative Form
I, he, she, it wasYou, we, they
were
Negative Form
I, he, she, it was not (wasn’t)You, we, they were not (weren’t)
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 You, we,
they…?
Interrogative Form
Was I, he, she, it…?Were You, we,
they…?
Remember:
A. Read the paragraph and cross the wrong form out:Sam and Kate wasn’t/weren’t at home last night. I was/were very
disappointed because we was/were supposed to rehearse for the school
Christmas play. We was/were to have started rehearsing last week, but
both my friends caught a cold and was/were in bed. I was/were really nervous,
but what was/were I supposed to do? To wait outside for them? It wasn’t/weren’t that cold but
my parents don’t like me to be out by myself at night. Besides, I was/were very tired, so I
decided to go home. My mom wasn’t/weren’t in bed yet and my daddy was/were in my little
brother’s bedroom. The dogs was/were by my mom and what about the cats? Where was/
were they? Kitty was/were in my bedroom already and Dali and Da Vinci was/were in the
kitchen. Time to say good night!
B. Now look at the images and complete these sentences and questions.
“Where
__________ they yesterday
after school? They _________
at home because no one
answered the phone.”
“Yesterday after school? Well,
they __________in the park.”
“__________ you at home
yesterday at 3:00?”
“No, we
__________ . We
_________ on
my grandparents’
farm. We helped
to pick oranges.”
When I _______ younger I _____ afraid of dogs. But not anymore!
I L VE MY DOG!
When I _______ younger I _____ afraid of dogs. But not anymore!
I L VE MY DOG!
“Why __________ I so bored yesterday
morning? Can’t you guess it?
Where _________ you yesterday?
__________you at school? Of course
not! Teachers __________ on strike.
They are absolutely right, but I just
hate staying at home!
“It __________ Ann’s
birthday yesterday! She
__________ so pretty in
her pink dress. Well, all girls _________ pretty.
They just ___________ very happy because
Sean, Ann’s “handsome” brother, so they say,
__________ at the party yet!”
Affirmative Form
I, he, she, it wasYou, we, they
were
Affirmative Form
I, he, she, it wasYou, we, they
were
Negative Form
I, he, she, it was not (wasn’t)You, we, they were not (weren’t)
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 You, we,
they…?
Interrogative Form
Was I, he, she, it…?Were You, we,
they…?
Remember:
A. Read the paragraph and cross the wrong form out:Sam and Kate wasn’t/weren’t at home last night. I was/were very
disappointed because we was/were supposed to rehearse for the school
Christmas play. We was/were to have started rehearsing last week, but
both my friends caught a cold and was/were in bed. I was/were really nervous,
but what was/were I supposed to do? To wait outside for them? It wasn’t/weren’t that cold but
my parents don’t like me to be out by myself at night. Besides, I was/were very tired, so I
decided to go home. My mom wasn’t/weren’t in bed yet and my daddy was/were in my little
brother’s bedroom. The dogs was/were by my mom, and what about the cats? Where was/
were they? Kitty was/were in my bedroom already and Dali and Da Vinci was/were in the
kitchen. Time to say good night!
B. Now look at the images and complete these sentences and questions.
“Where
were they yesterday after
school? They weren’t at
home because no one
answered the phone.”
“Yesterday after school? Well,
they were in the park.”
“Were you at home yesterday
at 3:00?”
“No, we weren’t.
We were on
my grandparents’
farm. We helped
to pick oranges.”
When I was younger I was
afraid of dogs. But not anymore!!
I L VE MY DOG!
When I was younger I was
afraid of dogs. But not anymore!!
I L VE MY DOG!
“Why was I so bored yesterday morning?
Can’t you guess it? Where were
you yesterday? Were you at
school? Of course not! Teachers
were on strike. They are absolutely
right, but I just hate staying at home!” ”
“It was Ann’s
birthday yesterday! She
was so pretty in her
pink dress. Well, all girls were pretty. They
just weren’t very happy because Sean, Ann’s
“handsome” brother, so they say, wasn’t at
the party yet!”