1. Complete the sentences with was or were. Affirmative form.

1. I ____________ happy.
2. You ___________angry.
3. She_____________ in London last week.
4. He ___________ on holiday.
5. It ____________ cold.
6. We ____________ at school.
7. You _____________ at the cinema.
8. They _____________ at home.
9. The cat ______________ on the roof.
10. The children ________________ in the garden.

2. Complete the sentences with was or were. Negative form.

1. These bags______________ heavy.

2. I______________ an engineer. My wife____________ a nurse.
3. This house___________________ very expensive.
4. My books______________ on the table.
5. You _________________ a good Teacher.

3. Complete the questions with was or were.

1. Where ______________________________ you last August?

2. ______________________________ we in the South of France?
3. What ______________________________ the weather like?
4. __________________ it really hot?
5. ______________________________ you with all your children?

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was and there were. Answer the
questions.

1. _______________ three bedrooms.

2. _______________ two bathrooms in my house. X
3. _______________ a garage in your house?
4. _______________ big house in the country.
5. _______________ a garage in my house. X
6. _______________ two bedrooms?
7. _______________ a new kitchen.
8. _______________ a small living room in your house X
9. _______________ a garden in your house?

5. Complete the sentences with the verb to be in past simple.

1. I __________Spanish. √
2. You _________old. X
3. They ____________ foreigners. √
4. We _________young. X
5. He ________to stay here. √
6. He _________to study medicine. X
7. It ___________hot. √

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 8. He ____________here. X
9. They ____________in Paris. √
10. We ___________playing football. X

6.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be in the past.

1. I ______________________________ in Italy last weekend. X

2. There ______________________________ a lof of flowers in front of the church. √
3. ______________________________ you present at this meeting?
4. There ______________________________ a man outside my house! X
5. You ______________________________ there. √
6. They ______________________________ very late. X
7. ______________________________ your mother and you with him?
8. I think that we ______________________________ ready. √
9. My holidays ______________________________ marvellous. X
10. ______________________________ there my friend?
11. In London, there ______________________________ people near the Tower Bridge. √
12. ______________________________ you okay?
13. Jane ______________________________ very happy. X
14. ______________________________ your mummy there too?
15. There ______________________________ a lot of pigeons. √
16. We ______________________________ glad to meet them. X

7. Translate the sentences.

1. ¿Dónde estabas ayer a las 4?

2. Estuve en la escuela hasta las 8

3. ¿Hizo buen tiempo ayer?

4. Mis padres no eran italianos.