WAS / WERE EXERCISES

EXERCISE I INSTRUCTIONS: Underline the correct answer was/were.

1) My brother ( was / were ) in the school yesterday. 2) Laura and Richard ( was / were ) in the park at 4:00 pm. 3) It ( was / were ) a sad day because I could not go to the toy store. 4) Her doll ( was / were ) beautiful I wanted to play with her. 5) It ( was / were ) a hot day I was thirsty and bored. 6) We ( was / were ) in the hospital last night. 7) They ( was / were ) in the zoo when I arrived. 8) Where ( was / were ) they this morning? 9) They ( was / were ) in the school. 10) Richard ( was / were ) with me yesterday.

EXERCISE II INSTRUCTIONS: Read the short story A perfect day with my friends, then chooses a word from the chart below and answer with the correct one.
FRIENDS WAS WERE ANIMALS HAPPY TOY CARS PAUL WERE DOLLS WAS

A perfect day with my friends

Hi, my name is 0) Paul. My two best 1) ____________ are Richard and Laura. We always enjoy our free time. For example last week, we 2) ___________ in the zoo. The zoo 3) ___________ a nice place. There were 4) ____________ such as monkeys, elephants, pandas, etc. Pandas 5) ___________ big and sleepy. Monkeys were sick so they were not 6) ______________. Richard, Laura and I were excited. Then, we were in the 7) ___________ store. In the toy store there were 8) ___________ and 9) _____________. That was a perfect day because I 10) __________ with my two best friends.

ANSWERS

EXERCISE I 1. was 2. were 3. was 4. was 5. was 6. were 7. were 8. were 9. were 10. was EXERCISE II 1. friends 2. were 3. was 4. animals 5. were 6. happy 7. toy 8. dolls 9. cars 10. was