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CLASSWORK- EXTRA PRACTICE- THE PAST OF BE

3RD year- 4-104 “Ingo. Carlos Fader” ~ Ms. Gabriela Lombardi

Name: _______________________________ Date: August 12th Class: ________

A- Fill in the gaps with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t:

1. My mother ______ a nurse but she______ a doctor.
2. I ______ a good singer as a teenager, but I _______ a lousy dancer.
3. Peter ______ at home because he _____at school.
4. You ______ in the park, because you _____ in bed.
5. I _________ in Britain, but I __________ in France.
6. Susan and David ___________ married but they are divorced now.
7. This book______ cheap, so it ______expensive.
8. My grandparents ________at home. They ____ in the park.

B- Complete the paragraph with the correct past form of the verb “to be”.
Linda and Mike ……….……. in London on a school visit last week. They …………… in two groups. They
……………… together on some days, but sometimes they …………………….(not). On Monday, Linda ……………
at the Tower of London and Mike ………………… at Kew Gardens. On Tuesday, they ……………. together at
Madame Tussaud's Museum. Mike ………....... happy because he and Linda ………….. together in the
museum. Linda ………….……… (not) surprised because she felt the same about Mike.
C- Complete the questions with the past form of be and then answer them using
the information between parentheses.
1. Where …………….. the first Olympic games?(Greece)
2. Who ………….. the first man to walk on the moon? (Neil Armstrong)
3. Who ………….. the first American President? (George Washington)
4. Where ……….. the last Football World Cup? (Brasil)
5. Where ……………….. the Olympic games in 2000?(Sydney)
6. Who ………….….. the first Argentinian president? (Justo José de Urquiza)
7. When ……………... the last World Football Cup in Argentina? (1978)

D- Make questions.
1. Susan was in the park.
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2. You were at my grandmother’s house.
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3. We were in the park at six.
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4. Pierre was at school
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5. I was a good pupil last year.
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6. It was sunny two days ago.
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7. The cats were under the table.
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8. My lost dog was white.
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