PAST SIMPLE – WAS/WERE

1. Fill the gaps:

When I was very young…

When I was a little girl, life ____________ good. My mother ___________ young and
beautiful. She ___________ full of joy. My father ______________ big and strong. I
____________ his darling. Everything ______________ big, our house, our car, cakes, ice-
creams. I _______________ the only child in the family. People _________________ kind
and friendly. My room ______________ full of toys. I ___________ never miserable, never
lonely. I _________________ a very happy child.
2. Fill the gaps with was, were, wasn't, were't:
1. Robinson Crusoe ______________ alone on a desrted island. (-)
2. We _________________ in the countryside at the weekend. (-)
3. Martin Krpan __________________ very strong. (+)
4. They ______________ at home in the evening. (+)
5. I ______________ at a concert on Tuesday. (-)
6. Grace _______________ at home last Sunday. (-)
7. Mr and Mrs Black __________________ at the shops yesterday. (-)
8. Fred _________________ at the cinema yesterday evening. (+)
9. It ___________________ windy last week. (+)
10. You ______________ at the cinema last Thursday. (-)

3.Fill the sentences with was, were, wasn't ali weren't :

Tom at the baker's yesterday
My parents in France last year
Ann in the shop two days ago
I at school on Tuesday
They at a party in the evening
It sunny yesterday
We at the seaside at the weekend
You in the countryside last week
Eva in Ljubljana last Saturday
1. My parents __________________ in Italy last year.
2. I ______________ at a concert on Tuesday.
3. Tom ________________ at the baker's yesterday.
4. Ann ________________ at the cinema two days ago.
5. You _________________ in the countryside last week.
6. Eva _________________ at home last Saturday.
7. We __________________ at the seaside last weekend.
8. They _________________ at home in the evening.
9. It ___________________ sunny yesterday.

4. Finish the sentences:

Statement (+) Negative (-) Question (?)
His parents were angry.

The weather wasn't nice.

Was Tim at home last night?

They weren't in Maribor at

the weekend.

My friends were at a party on

Friday.