San Vicente Ferrer School

Name:____________________________
Forming the past tense of to be.

Affirmative and negative sentence

I
was
He was not
She
wasnt
at home
It
in hospital yesterday.
You
were
on holiday last week.
We were not in London
They werent

Task 1 - Complete the sentences

with the Past Tense of to be.
WERE
1) We ______ in Australia.
WAS
2) She ______ in the classroom.
WAS
3) It ______
my birthday last
week.
WAS
4) The man ______ in the train.
5) ItWAS
____
werean apple.
6) You _______ in a bookshop.
WAS
7) It _______ a doll.
WAS
8) I _______
a good pupil.
WAS
9) What _______ this?
WAS
10)
It ______ a French lesson.
WAS
11)It _______ a beautiful city.
WAS
12)
He
_______ my brother.
WAS
13)
I _______ in London today.
WERE
14)
We _______ on holiday.
WAS
15)
The doctor
_______ here.
Task 2 Write some true sentences
with was, were, wasnt, werent.
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- I was playing video games yesterday.
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- They were watching t.v. with their
_____________________________
parents last night.
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- I wasnt studying yesterday
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- They werent playing football
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last night
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Interrogative sentence
I
he
she at home
it in hospital yesterday.
you on holiday last week.
Were we in London
they
Was

Task 3 - Rewrite the sentences into the Simple Past

Tense. Then write a negative sentence. Look at the
example below.
I am at home. I was at home. I wasnt at home.
1)
my friend
friend.
He He
wasismy
__________________________________________
He wasnt my friend
_______________________________________
2) I am a man.
I was a man
__________________________________________
I wasnt a man
_______________________________________
3)
It is
umbrella.
It was
ananumbrella
__________________________________________
It wasnt an umbrella
_______________________________________
4)
bird.
ThatThat
wasisa abird
__________________________________________
That wasnt a bird
_______________________________________
5) These are your pens and pencils.
These were your pens and pencils
__________________________________________
These
werent your pens and pencils
_______________________________________
6)
They
arehappy
happypeople
people.
They
were
__________________________________________
They werent happy people
_______________________________________
7)
kitchen.
ThisThis
wasisaakitchen
__________________________________________
This wasnt a kitchen
_______________________________________
8) Those are two bags, a ruler and a rubber.
Those were two bags, a ruler and a rubber
__________________________________________
Those werent two bags, ruler and rubber
_______________________________________
9)
are
WeWe
were
inin.
__________________________________________
We werent in
_______________________________________
10)
aremy
mybrother
brother.
YouYou
were
__________________________________________
You werent my brother
_______________________________________

Task 4 - Rewrite the sentences into the

Simple Past. Then write an interrogative
sentence. Look at the example below.
Mr Smith is at home. Mr Smith was at
home. Was Mr Smith at home?

1) I am a good teacher.
I was a good teacher
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Was I a good teacher?
______________________________
2) Mickey
strong
and
Mickey is
was
atrong
andbrave.
brave
______________________________
Was mickey strong and brave?
______________________________
3)My
Myname
namewas
is Susan.
susan
______________________________
Was my name susan?
______________________________
4)Peter
Peter
is aa boy
boy.
was
______________________________
Was peter a boy?
______________________________
5) She
is a young
woman.
She was
a young
woman
______________________________
Was she a young woman?
______________________________
6) These are my comics.
These were my comics
______________________________
Were these my comics?
______________________________
7) This
a family.
This is
was
a family
______________________________
Was this a family?
______________________________
8) This pen is blue.
This pen was blue
______________________________
Was this pen blue?
______________________________
9) We are from Australia.
We were from australia
______________________________
Were we from australia?
______________________________
10) You are a stupid girl.
You were a stupid girl
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Were you a stupid girl?
______________________________

Task 6 Underline the adverbs of

time in Task 5. Then write them on
the lines.
In______________________________
the garden
Always
Last week
Married
______________________________
In may
Famous
______________________________
Yesterday
______________________________
Park
, 5 oclock
______________________________
Too years ago
In________________________
the zoo

Task 5 - Change the following

sentences into interrogative then give
short answers according to the sign.
Look at the examples.
Mr Smith was at home. Was Mr
Smith at home? Yes, he was.
Tim and Peter were in the library.

Were Tim and Peter in the library?

No, they werent.
1) Was
I was
the
garden.
I ininthe
garden?
_______________________________
No, I wasnt
_______________________________
2)Was
Mum
wasillilllast
last
week.
mun
week?
_______________________________
Yes, Mum was.
_______________________________
on on
holiday
in may?
3)Were
Theythey
were
holiday
in May.
_______________________________
No, They werent
_______________________________
yesterday?
4)Were
You you
weretired
tired
yesterday.

No, They Werent

_______________________________
_______________________________
5) We were in the park at 5 oclock
Were yesterday.
we in the park
at 5 oclock yestarday?

Yes, We were
_______________________________
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Was jack too fat two years ago?
6) Jack was too fat two years ago.
Yes, He Was
_______________________________
_______________________________
7) The Lees were in the zoo the day
Were the lees in the zoo the day before yesterday?
before yesterday.
No, The lees werent.
_______________________________
_______________________________
Was I always hungry?
8) I was always hungry.
Yes, I Was

_______________________________
_______________________________
Were kim and greg married ?
9)
Greg were married.
No,Kim
theyand
werent
_______________________________
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Was frank sinatra a famous actor ?
10)
Sinatra was a famous actor.
Yes,Frank
Was he.
_______________________________
_______________________________

Task 7 - Look at the calendar for last week and complete the sentences with
was, wasnt, were or werent.
Monday Tuesday
library
football training
dance lesson
the doctors
cinema

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sam

Kim
Tom

Mandy
Lucy

Mandy
Tom

Sam and Kim

Lucy

1) Mandy was
_______ in the library on Monday.
Wasnt on a dance lesson.
2) On Thursday
Lucy _______
was
3) Kimwas
_______ in the library last week.
4) Sam _______ on football training on Thursday.
was
5) Tom _______ ill on Tuesday.
6) Sam and Kim _were__ in the cinema on Wednesday.
7) Tom wasnt_ ill on Friday, he was__ on football training.
8) Sam wasnt__ at the doctors.
9) Mandy _was__ on a dance lesson on Tuesday.
10)Lucy _wasnt___ at the doctors on Friday.
11) Tom and Sam _were_ on football training last week.
12)Lucy _wasnt_ in the library on Thursday.

Task 8 Write some more sentences about the people in Task 7.

1) Lucy and mandy were on a dance lesson____
2) Mandy wasnt at the library on friday____________
3) ____tom was ill on tuesday_______
4) ___sam was on the football trainer on thursday_______
5) _Lucy was on dance lesson on monday______________
6) ___kim and mandy were on the library last week_________
7) ____lucy and tom were ill last week______________
8) ______kim was at the library on friday_____________
9) _sam and kim were on cinema on wednesday_________