Past Simple with “Verb to Be”

To Be – Negative:
To Be – Affirmative:
The negative of To Be can be made
The past tense of To Be has two
by adding not after the verb (was or
forms: WAS and WERE.
were).

Make the past simple positive or negative:

1. That woman _ was not ________ (not / be) Spanish.

2. It _was __________ (be) cold yesterday.
3. We __were_________ (be) late for the meeting.
4. The food __ was not ______ (not / be) very good.
5. The exam __was______ (be) difficult.
6. They _ were not ______ (not / be) my uncle and aunt,
7. The holiday _was _________ (be) fun.
8. I was_ not ______ (not / be) rude to the waitress.
9. He was________ (be) hungry.
10. He __was not______________ (not / be) my boyfriend.
11. The people we met last night _were___________ (be) French.
12. Julie ___was not___________ (not / be) late for the class.
13. He __was______________ (be) early for the interview
14. They ___were not_________ (not / be) my uncle and aunt.
15. I __was__________( be) at the cinema last night
16. We __were not________ (not / be) tired when we arrived.
17. You _were________( be) in the garden
18. We _were not_________( not / be) in China

To Be – Questions:

To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Make past simple “yes / no” questions:

1)  (I / be / on time)?___Was I on time?_______________

2) (You / be / tired yesterday)?_Were you tired yesterday?_____
3) (the weather / be / good)?__Was the weather good?________
4)  (We / be / in Paris)?__Were we in Paris?_____________
5) (She / be / a good student)?_Was she a good student?_______________
6)  (I / be / on time)?___Was I on time?______________
7)  (Julie and Lucy / be / at the meeting)?__Were Julie and Lucy at the meeting?
8) (They / be / in the class last week)?_Were they in the class last week?
9) (You / be / okay)?_Were you okay?____________
10) (She / be / beautiful)?__Was she beautiful?_______________