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Date : ________________________________

Complete the sentences with was or were. Make questions.

1. Susan __was___ happy. Was Susan happy? .

2. You ________ angry. ________________________________

3. Johnny ________ on holiday.
4. It ________ cold.
5. We ________ at school.
6. The cat ________ on the roof.
7. The child ________ at home.
8. The children ________ in the garden.
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Write positive sentences in the Past Simple.

1. he / the question / answer He answered the question

2. you / a question / ask
3. the dog / bark
4. they / us / call
5. we / a mountain / climb
6. John / stamps / collect
7. we / in London / live
8. I / hungry / be
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Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete sentences. Put the time
expression at the end of the sentence.

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

football shopping ring Jane buy concert
TODAY
flowers
cinema tennis English

1. When did he go shopping? He went shopping five days ago .

2. When was his English course? __________________________________________
3. When did he play football? __________________________________________
4. When did he go to the Italian restaurant? __________________________________________
5. When did he ring Jane? __________________________________________
6. When did he go to the cinema? __________________________________________
7. When did he play tennis? __________________________________________
8. When was the concert? __________________________________________

Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

1. They collected postcards. They didn’t collect the postcards .

2. You were thirsty.
3. He had a computer.
4. I bought bread.
5. You saw the house.
6. The teacher tested our English.
7. Albert played squash.
8. She was sad.
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Write questions in the Past Simple.

1. Anna / the window / open Did Anna open the window ?

2. she / home / walk
3. you / in the garden / work
4. I / a song / sing
5. she / on a chair / sit
6. you / the castle / visit
7. Jenny / the door / lock
8. she / happy / be
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Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I spent (spend) my holiday in Ireland.

2. It ___________ (be) great.
3. I ___________ (travel) around by car with two friends and we ___________ (visit) lots of interesting
places.
4. In the evenings we usually ___________ (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even ___________ (learn) some Irish dances.
6. We ___________ (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It ___________ (not / rain) a lot last year.
8. But we ___________ (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where ___________ (spend / you) your last holiday?
10. ___________ (turn off / you) to turn off the radio?
11. Angela and Peter ___________ (like) each other very much.
12. What ___________ (be) the weather like yesterday? ___________ (be) it warm?
13. It ___________ (not / be) warm yesterday. It ___________ (be) snowing.