Past of the verb to be - Wa s/ Were

1. 1

2. 2
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
am
are
is..
PRESENT

3. 3
I _______cold.
He ____ handsome.
She _____a doctor.
We ______teachers.
It _____ a bank.
They _____ dancers..
am
is
is
is
are
are

4. 4
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
was
were..
PAST TENSE

5. Maggy _______at the party yesterday.
Peter and Lucy ________ there too
was
were

6. 6
When I _____ a child, I_____ afraid of
dogs.
was was

7. 7
The weather _______ good when we
_________ on holiday last year
was
were

8. 8
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
was not (wasn’t)
were not (weren’t)..

9. 9
Complete with negative
I ___________ busy yesterday, I was
at home
It__________cold last week. We
went to the beach
The children __________sad. They
were happy
wasn’t
wasn’t
weren’t

10. 10
I ?
he ?
she ?
it?
we ?
you ?
they ?..
Was
Were

11. 11
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.
Yes, they were.
No, they weren’t..

12. 12
______ Peter handsome when he was
young? Yes, he ______
_____she so sad last night? No,she______
_____ you late yesterday? No, I _________
Where _________ you at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon? I was at the club.
Interrogative and short answers
Were
were
Was
Was
wasn’t
was
wasn’t

13. 13
Put in am /is /are/was /were
1) Today the weather .......... nice, but
yesterday it .......... cold.
2) I ....... hungry. Can I have
something to eat?
3)A: Where ........ the children? B:
I don’t know. They ........... in the
garden ten minutes ago.
is
was
am
are
were

14. 14
4)We must go now. It ......... very late.
5)This time last year I ........ in Istanbul.
6)Why .......... you so angry yesterday?
7) I ......... hungry last night,
so I had something to eat.
8) Don’t buy those shoes.They ...........
too expensive..
is
was
were
was
are

15. 15
Charlie Chaplin died in 1978.
He ............ a famous film star.
Last year she .......... 22, so she .......... 23
now..
was
was is