Past Simple (To Be)

Past Simple (To Be)

Past Simple of to be

Positive sentences

I / he / she / it = was  ---> I was at a party yesterday.

you / we / they = were ---> They were at the party too.

Negations

I / he / she / it = wasn't ---> she wasn't at the party.

you / we / they = weren't --> you weren't at the party either.

Questions

Was I / he / she / it? ---> Was he at the party?

Were you / we / they? ---> Were they at the party?

Kwame ____ at school yesterday. (to be)

1. been
2. was
3. were
4. beed

The boys ____ very good at dancing when they still had legs. (to be)

1. was
2. were
3. are
4. been

Michael Jackson (to be) a famous singer.

1. is
2. was
3. were
4. are

The boy (to be) the winner yesterday.

1. are
2. was
3. were
4. is

Sam and Bas (to be) good friends last year.

1. are
2. was
3. were
4. be

Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong-il (to be) horrible dictators.

1. are
2. were
3. was
4. be

Exercise 1

Put the verb in the past simple form of to be

The boys (to be) angry.

(He - to be) here yesterday?

(your parents - to be) in Spain last year?

(The British Empire - to be) very big?

The kids (not - to be) bored.

My sister (not - to be) a good dancer.

Josephine (not - to be) good at French.

The boys (to be) angry.

I (not - to be) tired yesterday.

She (to be) happy when she received the news.

We (to be) at the park last weekend.

(He / to be) a good friend of yours?

(You / to be) late to class yesterday?

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