1. Write the sentences in the past: 2.

Make affirmative (+), negative (-) or

1. Mandy and Sam are in class. interrogative sentences (?):
P Mandy and Sam were in class.
2. Are you at home? 1. Tony was at the cinema yesterday.
A Was are you at home? (-)Tony not was at the cinema yesterday
S 3. There’s a book on the desk. (?) was tony at the cinema yerterday
there´s was a book on the desk 2. (+) tony if it was at the movies yesterday
T (-) tony did not wash the car
4. My friends are in the kitchen with me.
My friends were are in the kitchen with me. Were there any potatoes for lunch?
S 5. The weather is cold and cloudy. 3. (+)yes, there were potatoes
The weather was is cold and cloudy. Our sister wasn’t in class last week.
I (?) wasn´t our sister in class last week
6. The cat isn’t in the living room.
M The cat isn´t was in the living room 4. Some classmates were late last Friday.
P 7. My pets are lovely. (-) some classmates not were late last friday
My pets were are lovely (?) were somo classmates late last Friday?
L 5. (+) Some classmates were late last Friday
8. Mary’s boyfriend is tall and well-built.
E Mary’s boyfriend was is tall and well-built. My friends weren’t happy with the results.
9. Is there any coffee in your cup? (?) weren´t may friends happy with the results
Is there was any coffee in your cup 6. (+) My friends yes was happy with the results
V (-)My friends weren’t happy with the results
10. There aren’t any children in the pool.
E There aren’t were any children in the poo Was the CD cheaper than the DVD?
R
B
4. Put the words in the correct order:
T 3. Fill in the blanks with: was, wasn’t, were
O or weren’t. 1.in/yesterday/Dr/was/Smith//hospital
Smit was Dr. in the hospital
Last weekend we was in Sitges with Paula 2.there/?/of/shopping/Were/the/people/at/
B and John. It was their wedding anniversary lot/shopping/a
E and there was a party to celebrate it on there the people were of shopping in a lot
Saturday. Tom and Susan were at the party 3.and/last/ill/with/Cindy/week/flu/were/Tom
because Susan’s mother were in hospital, but cindy and tom were last ill week
W they wasen´t for lunch on Sunday. The party 4.the/after/My/not/photography/was/school/
A was great. There were a lot of people and classmate/at/club
my classmate was not at the photography club
S there were a lot of food, too. However, Paul
after school
and John was a bit sad because their
daughter wasen´t at the party. She was in 5.father/two/cinema/the/I/days/was/with/
W London on a school trip, and sowe because, ago/my/at
I was at the cinema with my father two days ago
E Tony, our son , were with us. He wasen´t in
6.cold/we/park/and/was/It/not/yesterday/in/
Dublin with his girlfriend. Anyway, it was a
R nice weekend and we ere really happy there. rainy/the/so/were
E It was cold an rainy, so we were not in the park
7.pub/at/you/?/at/Were/the/on/home/or/
Saturday
Were you at home or at the pub on saturdaey
 PAST OF TO BE: KEY
2.
1. 1. (-) TONY WASN’T AT THE CINEMA
1. Mandy and Sam WERE in class. YESTERDAY.
2. WERE you at home? (?) WAS TONY AT THE CINEMA
3. There WAS a book on the desk. YESTERDAY?
4. My friends WERE in the kitchen with me. 2. (+) THERE WERE SOME POTATOES FOR
5. The weather WAS cold and cloudy. LUNCH
6. The cat WASN’T in the living room. (-)THERE WEREN’T ANY POTATOES FOR
7. My pets WERE lovely. LUNCH
8. Mary’s boyfriend WAS tall and well-built. 3. (+) OUR SISTER WAS IN CLASS LAST
9. WAS there any coffee in your cup? WEEK
10. There WEREN’T any children in the pool. (?) WAS OUR/YOUR SISTER IN CLASS
LAST WEEK?
4.(-) SOME SCHOOLMATES WEREN’T LATE
LAST FRIDAY
(?) WERE ANY SCHOOLMATES LATE LAST
FRIDAY?
5. (+)MY FRIENDS WERE HAPPY WITH THE
3. Last weekend we WERE in Sitges with Paula RESULTS.
and John. It WAS their wedding anniversary and (?) WERE YOUR/MY FRIENDS HAPPY
there WAS a party to celebrate it on Saturday. WITH THE RESULTS?
Tom and Susan WEREN’T at the party because 6. (+) THE CD WAS CHEAPER THAN THE DVD
Susan’s mother WAS in hospital, but they WERE (-)THE CD WAN’T CHEAPER THAN THE
for lunch on Sunday. The party WAS great. There
WERE a lot of people and there WAS a lot of
4.
food, too. However, Paul and John WERE a bit
1. DR SMITH WAS IN HOSPITAL YESTERDAY
sad because their daughter WASN’T at the party.
2.WERE THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE
She WAS in London on a school trip, and so
SHOPPING CENTRE?
WERE we because, Tony, our son , WASN’T with
3.CINDY AND TOM WERE ILL WITH FLU
us. He WAS in Dublin with his girlfriend.
LAST WEEK
Anyway, it WAS a nice weekend and we WERE
4.MY CLASSMATE WAS NOT AT THE
really happy there.
PHOTOGRAHPY CLUB AFTER SCHOOL
5. I WAS AT THE CINEMA WITH MY FATHER
TWO DAYS AGO
6. IT WAS COLD AND RAINY, SO WE WERE
NOT IN THE PARK
7. WERE YOU AT HOME OR AT THE PUB ON
SATURDAY