Unit 5 Grammar Practice
1 Complete the sentences with was or were. 3 Complete the dialogues. Use the correct past
& &
simple form of the verb be.
1 The weather was be) terrible yesterday.
1 A: Where were you at 10.00am this
2 I ........... ill over the weekend.
morning?
3 My parents ........... unhappy with my exam
B: I was in bed!
results.
2 A: ........... Marilyn Monroe British?
4 Paco ........... at his grandparents' house last
B: No, she ........... . She ........... American.
week.
3 A: ........... your friends in the park
5 You ........... in the library after school
yesterday?
yesterday.
B: Yes, they ........... . We played football
6 This time last year we ........... in Florence.
together.
7 There ........... a lot of people at the pool this
4 A: ........... you happy with your exam
morning.
results?
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8 My dad's football hero ........... Pele but he
B: No, I ........... . I wanted to do better.
doesn't play any more.
5 A: ........... your father at home yesterday?
9 Julia Hill ........... in the redwood tree for two
years and eight days.
B: No, he ........... . He ........... at work.
2 Complete the sentences with wasn't or
&
4 Write the past simple form of the verbs.
&
weren't.
1 tidy tidied
1 She wasn't not be) at school yesterday.
2 rain
2 We ................ in the computer room after
3 study
school.
4 stay
3 My parents ............... at home today.
5 watch
4 My dog ................ well yesterday.
6 play
5 There ................ any trees left in the
7 like
rainforest.
8 ®nish
6 You ................ on the bus to school this
morning.
9 talk
7 My grandmother ................ alive in 1900.
10 stop
8 Julia Hill ............... Australian.
9 The football coach ............... happy with the
result.
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PHOTOCOPIABLE Cambridge University Press 2004 Level 1 Unit 5
LEVEL 1 UNIT 5
GRAMMAR PRACTICE