WORKSHEET: WAS / WERE

LEVEL A1/A2

PRACTICE

Task 1: Complete using WAS or WERE:

1. Jeremy __________________ at his parents’ place yesterday.

2. They __________________ at the movies last night.

3. Your parents __________________ very angry at your grades, boy.

4. __________________ Mary in the store earlier this morning?

5. Jill and Kevin __________________ extremely mischievous kids.

6. We __________________ at a Chinese restaurant with our friends last Sunday.

Task 2: Write the negative and interrogative forms of the following sentences:

1. Mom was at home this morning.

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2. Greg and Debby were at the shop.

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3. Her friends were excited about her new job.

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4. We were at Peter’s place to binge-watch Stranger Things.

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Task 3: Write WAS or WERE according to the subject agreement:

Subject WAS / WERE

Joshua WAS
You and your friends
Carla
The dogs
Your teacher
Friends from the book club
It
My cousins and I

Task 4: Answer the following questions with complete sentences:

1. Were you at home yesterday evening?

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2. Was it hot in your city yesterday?

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3. Were your friends at the club last weekend?

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4. Were you upset with the end of your favorite series?

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5. Was your pet hungry in the morning?

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ANSWER KEY

Task 1: Complete using WAS or WERE:

1. Jeremy was at his parents’ place yesterday.

2. They were at the movies last night.

3. Your parents were very angry at your grades, boy.

4. Was Mary in the store earlier this morning?

5. Jill and Kevin were extremely mischievous kids.

6. We were at a Chinese restaurant with our friends last Sunday.

Task 2: Write the negative and interrogative forms of the following sentences:

1. Mom was at home this morning.

Mom was not / wasn’t at home this morning.

Was mom at home this morning?

2. Greg and Debby were at the shop.

Greg and Debby were not / weren’t at the shop.

Were Greg and Debby at the shop?

3. Her friends were excited about her new job.

Her friends were not / weren’t excited about her new job.

Were her friends excited about her new job?

4. We were at Peter’s place to binge-watch Stranger Things.

We were not / weren’t at Peter’s place to binge-watch Stranger Things.

Were we at Peter’s place to binge-watch Stranger Things?

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Task 3: Write WAS or WERE according to the subject agreement:

Subject WAS / WERE

Joshua WAS
You and your friends WERE
Carla WAS
The dogs WERE
Your teacher WAS
Friends from the book club WERE
It WAS
My cousins and I WERE

Task 4: Answer the following questions with complete sentences:

1. Were you at home yesterday evening?

Yes, I was at home yesterday evening. / No, I wasn’t at home yesterday evening.

2. Was it hot in your city yesterday?

Yes, it was hot in my city yesterday. / No, it wasn’t hot in my city yesterday.

3. Were your friends at the club last weekend?

Yes, my friends were at the club last weekend. /

No, my friends weren’t at the club last weekend.

4. Were you upset with the end of your favorite series?

Yes, I was upset with the end of my favorite series. /

No, I wasn’t upset with the end of my favorite series.

5. Was your pet hungry in the morning?

Yes, it was hungry in the morning. / No, it wasn’t hungry in the morning.