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PAST SIMPLE WAS/WERE

1. Fill the gaps:

When I was very young

When I was a little girl, life ____________ good. My mother ___________ young and

beautiful. She ___________ full of joy. My father ______________ big and strong. I

____________ his darling. Everything ______________ big, our house, our car, cakes, ice

creams. I _______________ the only child in the family. !eo"le _________________ kind

and friendly. My room ______________ full of toys. I ___________ never miserable, never

lonely. I _________________ a very ha""y child.

2. Fill the gaps with was, were, wasnt, weret:

#. $obinson %rusoe ______________ alone on a desrted island. &'

(. We _________________ in the countryside at the weekend. &'

). Martin *r"an __________________ very strong. &+'

. -hey ______________ at home in the evening. &+'

. I ______________ at a concert on -uesday. &'

/. 0race _______________ at home last Sunday. &'

1. Mr and Mrs 2lack __________________ at the sho"s yesterday. &'

3. 4red _________________ at the cinema yesterday evening. &+'

5. It ___________________ windy last week. &+'

#6. 7ou ______________ at the cinema last -hursday. &'

!.Fill the senten"es with was, were, wasnt ali werent :

T#$ at the %a&ers 'ester(a'

M' parents in Fran"e last 'ear

Ann in the sh#p tw# (a's ag#

I at s"h##l #n T)es(a'

The' at a part' in the e*ening

It s)nn' 'ester(a'

We at the seasi(e at the wee&en(

+#) in the "#)ntr'si(e last wee&

E*a in L)%lana last Sat)r(a'

#. My "arents __________________ in Italy last year.

(. I ______________ at a concert on -uesday.

). -om ________________ at the baker8s yesterday.

. 9nn ________________ at the cinema two days ago.

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. 7ou _________________ in the countryside last week.

/. Eva _________________ at home last Saturday.

1. We __________________ at the seaside last weekend.

3. -hey _________________ at home in the evening.

5. It ___________________ sunny yesterday.

-. Finish the senten"es:

State$ent 0 egati*e 0 3)esti#n 40

:is "arents were angry.

-he weather wasn8t nice.

Was -im at home last night;

-hey weren8t in Maribor at

the weekend.

My friends were at a "arty on

4riday.