was/ were ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE ELEMENTARY

ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE ELEMENTARY

10. was /were

EXERCISES

10.1 Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon? 1 ____George was in bed. ____________ 2 Carol and Jack ______________________ 3 Sue ______________________ 4 ______________________ 5 ______________________ 6 And you? I ______________________ 10.2 Put in am/is/are (present) or was/were (past) 1 Last year she ___was____ 22, so she ___is___ 23 now. 2 Today the weather ________ nice, but yesterday it ________ very cold. 3 I ________ hungry. Can I have something to eat? 4 I feel fine this morning but I ________ very tired last night. 5 Where ________ you at 1 o’clock last Friday morning? 6 Don’t buy those shoes. They ________ very expensive. 7 I like your new jacket. ________ it expensive? 8 This time last year I ________ in Paris. 9 ‘Where ________ the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They ________ in the garden ten minutes ago.’ 10.3 Put in was/were or wasn’t/weren’t 1 We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room __was___ very small and it ___wasn’t___ very claen. 2 George ______ at work last week because he ______ ill. He’s better now. 3 Yesterday ______ a public holiday so the shops ______ closed. They’re open today. 4 ‘______ Sue and Bill at the party?’ ‘Sue ______ there but Bill ______.’ 5 ‘Where are my keys?’ ‘I don’t know. They ______ on the table but they’re not there now.’ 6 You ______ at home last night. Where ______ you? 10.4 Write the questions. Use the words in brackets (…) in the correct order + was/were.

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