UNIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
English 1 – UNIT 2 – Worksheet 4
STUDENT: _____________________________________________________ DATE: ____________________
TEACHER: ____________________________________________________ GROUP: __________________
GRAMMAR – PAST SIMPLE OF BE (WAS / WERE)
1. Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE, WASN’T and WEREN’T.
RUBY: Hi Jake! Where (1) ___________ you last night?
JAKE: I (2) ___________ with Emily. We (3) ___________ at the cinema.
RUBY: (4) ___________ the film good?
JAKE: No, it was terrible and I (5) ___________ happy.
RUBY: What a shame!
JAKE: What about you, Ruby? Where (6) ___________ you?
RUBY: I (7) ___________ with Teresa.
JAKE: (8) ___________ Pierre with you?
RUBY: No, he (9) ___________ I think he (10) ___________ with Adam.
JAKE: But I thought they (11) ___________ with you.
RUBY: No, they (12) ___________. I don’t know where they (13) ___________.
2. Read and choose the proper words.
a. Was / Were Jake with Emily last night?
b. Yes, he was / were.
c. Was / Were they with Adam?
d. No, they wasn’t / weren’t.
e. And they wasn’t / weren’t with Pierre.
f. Was / Were Ruby with them?
g. No, she wasn’t / weren’t.
h. Where was / were you last night?
VOCABULARY - ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE TRIPS & INTENSIFIERS

3. Watch the video and answer the questions below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imAQhP9JLN4
a. How was Mr. Rashid flight? ______________________________________________________
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b. Why didn’t Mr. Rashid sleep much? ______________________________________________
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c. How were like the hotel’s waiters? _______________________________________________
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d. What did happen when Mr. Rashid was shopping? _______________________________
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e. How many days more did Mr. Rashid stay? _______________________________________
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f. Why does Mr. Rashid say that his vacations were wonderful? ______________________
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 GRAMMAR - SIMPLE PAST TENSE
4. Complete the chart with the past simple forms.
INFINITIVE FORM PAST SIMPLE FORM INFINITIVE FORM PAST SIMPLE FORM
Ask Look
Buy Lose
Come Make
Do Say
Drink See
Drive Speak
Eat Take
Find Walk
Fly Watch
Go Take
Have Write
5. Write questions and answers using the prompts.
a. you / enjoy the trip / yesterday? ________________________________________________
b. Yes / I __________________________________________________________________________
c. Where / you go? _______________________________________________________________
d. We / go to Devil’s Dyke _________________________________________________________
e. What / you do? ________________________________________________________________
f. I / fly a kite _____________________________________________________________________
g. you / buy anything? ____________________________________________________________
h. No / I __________________________________________________________________________
i. you / find anything? ____________________________________________________________
j. Yes, I / . I / find an old coin ______________________________________________________

6. Complete the postcard with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Postcard
Dear Mum and Dad

I’m having a great time here in Brighton. Yesterday we (1) ___________________ (go) to Devil’s
Dyke. We (2) ___________________ (take) a minibus and David (3) ___________________ (drive).
There is lots of beautiful countryside there and we (4) ___________________ (walk) to the top of
a hill where we (5) ___________________ (have) a picnic. There were people with kites there,
but I (6) ___________________ (not / fly) one because we (7) ___________________ (not / have)
enough time. Pierre wasn’t very happy because Adam (8) ___________________ (lose) his
camera, but later he (9) ___________________ (say) it was a joke. Pierre (10)
___________________ (not / find) it funny.
Lots of love
Teresa