1 ESO Unit 7 Past simple (be,there was/were and regular verbs)

was, were

1 Choose the correct words.

A Where was / were you yesterday afternoon?

B Oh, I (1) was / were at the library.

A No, you (2) wasn’t / weren’t. The library
(3) wasn’t / weren’t open. (4) Was / Were you at the shopping centre?

B No! I (5) wasn’t / weren’t at the shopping centre. OK, I (6) was / were with Xiana and we (7) was / were at the café. Why? (8) Was / Were there a party or something?

A No, it (9) was / were the football match. We (10) wasn’t / weren’t very good. Thanks to you, there (11) was / were only ten players in our team!

there was, there were

2 Complete the sentences. Write was or were (a) or wasn’t or weren’t (x).

There was a football match yesterday. (_a)

1 There _____________ any sandwiches at the café. (_x)

2 There _____________ a science class yesterday. (_x)

3 There _____________ snacks in the kitchen. (_a)

4 There _____________ much juice. (_x)

5 There _____________ lots of people in town on Saturday. (_a )

Regular verbs

3 Write the past simple form of the verbs.

travel travelled

1 invent _____________

2 visit _____________

3 name _____________

4 discover _____________

5 invade _____________

6 use _____________

7 live _____________

8 change _____________

9 like _____________

Past simple of regular verbs: affirmative and negative

4 Look at the sentences. Then write the past simple negative form of the verbs.

He walked home. He didn’t walk home.

1 I played football. I ___________________ football.

2 We prayed. We ___________________.

3 She washed. She ___________________.

4 The spider jumped. The spider ___________________.

5 You travelled by train. You ___________________ by train.

was, were

5 Write affirmative and negative sentences. Use the correct form of was or were.

They (students / not teachers)

They were students.

They weren’t teachers.

1 This book (interesting / it not boring)

2 They (Japanese / not American)

3 We (in the café / not at school)

4 Tweetie (a bird / he not a parrot)

6 Write questions with was or were.

where / you / yesterday / ?

Where were you yesterday?

1 they / at the cinema / ?

2 who / your / favourite actor / ?

3 she / a maths teacher / ?

4 when / they / born / ?

there was, there were

7 Complete the text with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t.

It was a terrible party. There (1) ________________ many people. There (2) ________________ a lot of food, but there (3) ________________ any drinks. There (4) ________________ a big table for the food, but there (5) ________________ any chairs! There (6) ________________ some CDs, but there (7) ________________ a CD player!

Past simple of regular verbs: affirmative and negative

8 Rewrite the sentences in the past simple.

They live in this house.

They lived in this house.

1 We listen to music. ___________________________________________

2 I don’t like animals._____________________________________________

3 The chameleon changes colour.______________________________________

4 You travel by car.________________________________________________

5 Fabio doesn’t stay here.____________________________________________

6 They don’t watch TV._____________________________________

7 I name my dog Rico.___________________________________________

ago

9 Write sentences. Use the past simple form of the verb and ago.

I / play / computer games / an hour

I played computer games an hour ago.

1 We / move house / three years __________________________________________________

2 They / visit / us / a few months__________________________________________________

3 He / invent / it / forty years________________________________________________________

4 You / play / tennis / two weeks__________________________________________________

Answers

Exercise1

1 was       5 wasn’t  9 was

2 weren’t   6 was    10 weren’t

3 wasn’t    7 were   11 were

4 Were     8 Was

Exercise 2

1 weren’t 3 were 5 were

2 wasn’t 4 wasn’t

Exercise 3

1 invented   4 discovered    7 lived

2 visited    5 invaded      8 changed

3 named     6 used       9 liked

Exercise 4

1 didn’t play          4 didn’t jump
2 didn’t pray         5 didn’t travel
3 didn’t wash

Exercise 5

1 This book was interesting.It wasn’t boring.

2 They were Japanese.They weren’t American.

3 We were in the café.We weren’t at school.

4 Tweetie was a bird.He wasn’t a parrot.

Exercise 6

1 Were they at the cinema?

2 Who was your favourite actor?

3 Was she a maths teacher?

4 When were they born?

Exercise 7

1 weren’t   4 was      6 were

2 was       5 weren’t 7 wasn’t

3 weren’t

Exercise 8

1 We listened to music.

2 I didn’t like animals.

3 The chameleon changed colour.

4 You travelled by car.

5 Fabio didn’t stay here.

6 They didn’t watch TV.

7 I named my dog Rico.

Exercise 9

1 We moved house three years ago.
2 They visited us a few months ago.
3 He invented it forty years ago.
4 You played tennis two weeks ago.