DRA.

ANNY CENTENO ANDÍA

Forming the past tense of to be.

Affirmative and negative sentence Interrogative sentence
I was I
He was not Was he
She wasn’t at home she at home
It in hospital yesterday. it in hospital Yesterday?.
You were on holiday last week. you on holiday last week.?
We were not in London Were we in London
They weren’t they

Task 1 - Complete the sentences
with the Past Tense of “to be”.
1) We _were__ in Australia.
2) She _was_ in the classroom.
3) It _was my birthday last week.
4) The man _was__ in the train.
5) It _was_ an apple.
6) You _was_ in a bookshop.
7) It _was_ a doll.
8) I _was_ a good pupil.
Task 2 – Write some true sentences with was,
were, wasn’t, weren’t.
1. I was traveling for Juli
2. Mijael was write a letter
3. They were going for a ride
4. my sister was going to the market
5. she was no longer going to the
movies for COVID 19
6. I was driving to college
7. We were old friends.

Task 3 - Rewrite the sentences into the Simple Past Tense. Then
write a negative sentence. Look at the example below.
I am at home.  I was at home. I wasn’t at home.
1) He is my friend.
he was my friend . He wasn’t my fiend
2) I am a man.
I was a man. I wasn’t a man
3) It is an umbrella.
It was an umbrella. It wasn’t an umbrella
4) That is a bird.
That was a bird. That wasn’t a bird
5) These are your pens and pencils.
these were your pens and pencils. These weren’t pens and pencils
Task 4 - Rewrite the sentences into the Simple
Past. Then write an interrogative sentence.
Look at the example below.
Mr Smith is at home.  Mr Smith was at home.
Was Mr Smith at home? Task 5 - Change the following sentences into
1) I am a good teacher.
interrogative then give short answers
_I was a good teacher.
according to the sign. Look at the examples.
Was I a good teacher?
2) Mickey is strong and brave.
Mr Smith was at home.   Was Mr Smith at
Mickey was strong and brave. home? Yes, he was.
Was Mickey strong and brave?
3) My name is Susan. Tim and Peter were in the library.   Were Tim
My name was Susan. and Peter in the library? No, they weren’t.
Was name Susan?
4) Peter is a boy. 1) I was in the garden. 
Peter was a boy. Was I the garden? No, I wasn’t.
Was Peter a boy?
5) She is a young woman. 2) Mum was ill last week. 
She was a young woman. Was Mum ill last week? Yes Mum was
Was she a young woman? 3) They were on holiday in May. 
6) These are my comics. Were they on holiday in May? No, they weren’t.
These were my comics. 4) You were tired yesterday. 
Were these my comics? Were you tire yesterday? No, you weren’t.
5) We were in the park at 5 o’clock yesterday.

Were we the park at o’clock yesterday? Yes we
were

Task 6 – Write some more sentences about YOU!.

1) I was at work

2) I was with my brothers at home

3) I was playing yesterday.

4) I was writing a letter

5) I was on the beach in the month of January

Task 7 - Look at the calendar for last week and complete the sentences with
was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

library Mandy Kim
football training Sam Tom
dance lesson Lucy Mandy
the doctor’s Tom Lucy
cinema Sam and Kim

1) Mandy was in the library on Monday.

2) On Thursday Lucy wasn’t on a dance lesson.
3) Kim was in the library last week.
4) Sam was on football training on Thursday.
5) Tom was ill on Tuesday.
6) Sam and Kim wren’t in the cinema on Wednesday.
7) Tom was ill on Friday, he wasn’t on football training.
8) Sam wasn’t at the doctor’s.
9) Mandy was on a dance lesson on Tuesday.
10)Lucy _wasn’t at the doctor’s on Friday.
11) Tom and Sam were on football training last week.
12)Lucy wasn’t in the library on Thursday.