Positive and negative

Question

Answer

I He She It

Was…

Was

I He She It

…?

Yes,

I He She It

Was.

Wasn't (=was not)

No,

Wasn't.

We You They

Were…

Were

We You they

Yes,

We You they

Were.

Weren't (=where not)

No,

Weren't

1. Look at the Picture and answer the questions?

b) Where were James and Sara on 31 December 1999? Look at their old tickets. Complete the sentences with the past simple of to be.

1. Sara and James were in Boston in the evening.

2. Sara _____ on a train in the morning

3. James _________ at a football match in the afternoon.

4. They _______ at a party in the evening.

5. James at the theatre in the afternoon.

6. 
   They _______ in London in the evening

C) Write questions. Use was or was.

1. Where / you on 31/12/99? - Where were you on 31/12/99?

2. How old / you in 1999? ___________________________

3. Who / your country's leader in 1999? ________________

4. it hot yesterday? ______________________________

5. your friends at your house last weekend? _____________

6. Where / you last summer? ________________________

Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/……

Class: ……………. Number: ………..

Mark: ……………… Teacher: …………………..

Past Simple of “To Be “

1. Were they at the restaurant last week?

2. Was Mark swimming?

3. Was John riding his bike?

4. Was Mary playing with a ball?

5. Was Helen under the umbrella?

6. Was Rui near the sea?

John

Mark

Rui

Helen

Mary

GNLR trains

- single-

London to Glasgow

Friday 31^st Dec 1999

MILLENNIUM PARTY

ABC Club

Friday 31 December 1999

$17.50

$ 15.50

Friday

31 December 1999

THEATRE ROYAL

2.30 PM

MILLENNIUM PARTY

ABC Club

Friday 31 December 1999

$17.50