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The document provides instruction on completing activities to practice using the past simple form of the verb "to be", including the forms "was" and "were". Students are asked to fill in blanks with "was", "wasn't", "were", or "weren't", make sentences affirmative, negative, or interrogative, and put words in the correct order to form sentences using past tense forms of "to be". Finally, students are assigned to prepare a 3-minute biography presentation in PowerPoint about a famous architect for the next class.

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Waswere

The document provides instruction on completing activities to practice using the past simple form of the verb "to be", including the forms "was" and "were". Students are asked to fill in blanks with "was", "wasn't", "were", or "weren't", make sentences affirmative, negative, or interrogative, and put words in the correct order to form sentences using past tense forms of "to be". Finally, students are assigned to prepare a 3-minute biography presentation in PowerPoint about a famous architect for the next class.

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Name Angie Valentina Castiblanco Rojas

Cod: 060350372017
Class ____________________________

9 JUNE 2020

We continue the course by learning the past simple of the VERB TO BE (WAS,WERE).
With this verb we can talk about past personal events and those from others’.

In the next video, you can learn how to make POSITIVE, NEGATIVE and
INTERROGATIVE sentences with WAS and WERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-
8gWTirO1c&t=3s

After watching the video, you can start solving the following activities.

PAST SIMPLE OF VERB TO BE – WAS/WERE

A. Fill in the blanks with: was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

Last weekend we …were… in Sitges with Paula and John. It …was… their wedding
anniversary and there …was… a party to celebrate it on Saturday. Tom and Susan …
weren’t… at the party because Susan’s mother …was… in hospital, but they … were … for
lunch on Sunday. The party …was… great. There …were… a lot of people and there …
were… a lot of food, too. However, Paul and John were a bit sad because their daughter …
wasn’t… at the party. She …was… in London on a school trip, and so …were… we
because, Tony, our son, …wasn’t… with us. He …was… in Dublin with his girlfriend.
Anyway, it …was… a nice weekend and we …were… really happy there.

B. Make affirmative (+), negative (-) or interrogative sentences (?):

1. Tony was at the cinema yesterday.


(-) … Tony wasn’t at the cinema yesterday …
(?) … ¿Was Tony at the cinema yesterday? …

2. (+) … There were any potatoes for lunch …


(-) …There weren’t any potatoes for lunch …
¿Were there any potatoes for lunch?

3. (+) …Our sister was in class last week.…


Our sister wasn’t in class last week.
(?)…¿Was our sister in class last week? …

4. Some classmates were late last Friday.


(-) … Some classmates weren’t late last Friday…
(?) …¿Were Some classmates late last Friday? …

5. (+) … My friends were happy with the results…


My friends weren’t happy with the results.
(?) … ¿Were my friends happy with the results? …

6. (+) … The CD was cheaper than the DVD…


Name Angie Valentina Castiblanco Rojas
Cod: 060350372017
Class ____________________________

(-)…The CD wasn’t cheaper than the DVD …


¿Was the CD cheaper than the DVD?

C. Put the words in the correct order:

1. in/yesterday/Dr/was/Smith//hospital
_Dr Smith was in hospital in yesterday_

2. ? /Were/a lot of/people/at/mall/yesterday


_Were people a lot of at mall yesterday? _

3. and/last/ill/with/Cindy/week/flu/were/Tom
_Tom and Cindy were with flu ill last week_

4. the/after/My/not/photography/was/school/classmate/at/club
_My classmate wasn’t at the photography club after school_

5. father/two/cinema/the/I/days/was/with/ago/my/at
_I was at the cinema with my father two days ago _

D. Prepare a biography presentation of a famous architect. Use power point to


organize your presentation. The next class you will present the biography to the
class where you will talk during 3 minutes.
Name Angie Valentina Castiblanco Rojas
Cod: 060350372017
Class ____________________________
Name Angie Valentina Castiblanco Rojas
Cod: 060350372017
Class ____________________________

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