1. Where were the people yesterday at 2 PM?

Use the verb, be:

a. Rex, Paul and Ally. They were at the park.

b. James. He was at the beach.
c. John. He was at the gym.
d. My friends and i. We were at the mall.
e. Susan. She was at the coffee shop.
f. My brother. He was at the soccer field.

2. Change the sentences from the present to the past:

Now Before
a. I am at a party. I was at a party.

b. The game is exciting. The game was exciting.

c. She isn’t bored. She wasn’t bored.

d. I am not tired. I wasn’t tired.

The movie is more interesting than The movie was more interesting than
e.
the book. the book.
f. You aren’t scared. You weren’t scared.

g. We are at the gym. We were at the gym.

h. My shoes are clean. My shoes were clean

i. There’s food in the oven. There was food in the oven.

j. Peter’s job isn’t very dangerous. Peter’s job wasn’t very dangerous

3. Are the orange letters vowels or consonants?

a. Yoga — consonant
b. Beach — vowel
c. Movie — consonant
d. Gym — consonant
e. Watch — consonant
f. Famous — vowel
g. Door — vowel
h. Shopping — consonant
i. Water — consonant
j. Newspaper — consonant
k. Tired — consonant
l. Coffee shop — vowel
4. Change the verbs to the past simple tense:
a. Play — played
b. Prefer — prefered
c. Arrive — arrived
d. Copy — copied
e. Close — closed
f. Marry — married
g. Finish — finished
h. Try — tried
i. Cry — cried
j. Stop — stoped
k. Ask — asked
l. Open — opened
m. Talk — talked
n. Retire — retired
o. Want — wanted
p. Use — used
q. Start — started

5. Write both positive and negative sentences. Follow the example:

a. Paul (play) volleybal on the beach. (Yesterday — two days ago)

- Paul didn’t play volleybal on the beach yesterday.
- He played volleyball on the beach.
b. Mike and Brenda (be) at a party. (Last night — last week)
- Mike and Brenda didn’t be at the party last night
- They were at a party last week.
c. Leanne (marry) Chris. (two years ago — three years ago)
- Leanne didn’t married Chris two years ago.
- They married three years ago.
d. John (arrive). (at 1:30 PM — at 12:30 PM)
- John didn’t arrive at 1:30 PM.
- He arrived at 12:30 PM.
e. We (open) the window. (a minute ago — five minutes ago)
- We didn’t open the window a minute ago.
- We opened the window five minutes ago.
f. I (ask) a question in class. (today — yesterday)
- I didn’t ask a question in class today.
- I asked a question in class yesterday
g. Scott (work) out at the gym. (yesterday afternoon — last night)
- Scott didn’t work out at the gym yesterday afternoon.
- He worked out at the gym last night.
h. Molly (cry). (on Saturday — on Friday)
- Molly didnt’ cry on Saturday.
- She cried on Friday.
i. James and Suzanne (retire). (last month — two months ago)
- James and Suzanne didn’t retire last month.
- They retired two months ago.
j. I (try) yoga. (last week — two weeks ago)
- I didn’t try yoga last week.
- I tried yoga two weeks ago.

6. What did you do yesterday? Write positive or negative sentences about

yourself:

Work out I worked out. / I didn’t work out.

Play soccer I played soccer. / I didn’t play soccer.

Use money I used money. / I didn’t use money.

Cry I cried yesterday. / I didn’t cry yesterday.

Talk to my teacher I talked to my teacher. / I didn’t talk to my teacher.

Watch TV I watched TV. / I didn’t watch TV.

Relax at home I relaxed at home. / I didn’t relax at home.

Work I worked yesterday. / I didn’t work yesterday.

Try a new sport I tried a new sport. / I didn’t try a new sport.