Affirmative
I
was
You
were
She
was
He
was
It
was
We
were
You
were
They
were
Negative
I
wasn´t
You
weren´t
She
wasn´t
He
wasn´t
It
wasn´t
We weren´t
You
weren’t
They
weren´t
Questions
Was
I…?
Were
you …?
Was
she…?
Was
he …?
Was
it…?
Were
we…?
Were
you…?
Were
they…?
Short answers
Yes I was
/
No, I wasn´t
Yes, you were
/
No, you weren´t
Yes, she was
/
No, she wasn´t
Yes, he was
/
No, he wasn´t
Yes, it was
/
No, it wasn´t
Yes, we were
/
No, we weren´t
Yes, you were
/
No, you weren´t
Yes, they were
/
No, they weren´t
We use the Past Simple to describe actions in the past.
Short forms:
was not = wasn´t
were not = weren´t
Past time adverbials
Yesterday, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening / last night, Three days ago, a
week ago, a month ago, a year ago, last week, last Monday, last month, last year, last summer, some
time ago, in 1985,…
Question tags
he was a famous actor, wasn´t he?
I wasn´t at the cinema last night, was I?
It was very funny, was it?
These shoes wasn´t sheep, were they?
Those boys were nice, weren´t they?
You weren´t in Paris last summer, were you?
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A) Fill in the blanks with was or were
Last year Mary _________ 10 years old.
Last summer my family _________ in London.
Last weekend my friends _________ at home.
Yesterday I _________ ill.
The children _________ happy.
Mary _________ late for dinner.
Mr. Smith _________ my English teacher.
B) make sentences and put the verb To Be into the correct form of the Past Simple
Unhappy / to be / I _______________________________________________
Mark / to be / angry.______________________________________________
hot / to be/ it ___________________________________________________
Mary and Sue / to be / late ________________________________________
Ann / to be / my best friend. ______________________________________
I was with my parents in the mountains.
________________________________________________________________
Susan was a teacher.
________________________________________________________________
They were born 1971.
________________________________________________________________
They were my grandparents.
________________________________________________________________
It was sunny and warm.
________________________________________________________________
They were born in Lisbon.
________________________________________________________________
C) Rewrite these sentences in the negative
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D) Write yes / No questions and the answers according to the information in brackets.
Mary was ill last month.
_________________________________________________________?
Yes, _____________________________________________________.
Mary and I were in London last month.
_________________________________________________________?
No, _____________________________________________________. (Paris)
Helen was born in Lisbon.
_________________________________________________________?
No , _____________________________________________________. (Porto)
Luis de Camões was famous for his poems.
_________________________________________________________?
Yes, _____________________________________________________.
E) Complete with question tags.
Mr. Smith was a famous actor, _________________?
I wasn´t ill last night, _________________?
Those singers were in Paris last month, _________________?
I was 10 years old in 1981, _________________?
Mary hasn´t at home last night, _________________?
The Scorpions weren´t in Portugal last year, _________________?
Marilyn Manroe was born in 1926, _________________?
Beethoven wasn´t German, _________________?
I was a cute baby, _________________?
Diana Spencer was a princess, _________________?
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