be: Past simple

Grammar

be: Past simple

Af f irmative

t, ^{Completa la tabella con la} forma corretta del Past simple di be.

Completa le frasi con was o were.

It was cold yesterday.

They

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here on Friday night.

| _ ^at my cousin's house.

My sìster ^{at a} music festival.

You _ ^at Sam's house - ^again!

We _ in Switzerland on holiday.

He _ ^{on his phone all the time.}

$ ^{Past tirne} expressions

Completa la tabella con le parole e le espressioni nel riquadro.

il+y afternoon Christmas

morning night ten minutes two days year ^{a year}

evening 2AA the 1990s

vesterdav / /

last / /

in ^July / /

// ^ago

4 ^{Completa le} frasi con le parole nel riquadro.

yesterday in ago last ^{six months}

Fn€rffiffg Christmas

I was at home yesterday morning

1 ^He was on holiday in America last

2 Where's my bag? lt was here ten minutes

3 ^{Our French} grandma was at our house week.

4 ^{They were often in the park}

July and August.

5 We were at a dance class evenrng

6 ^I was new at this school

Past tense of be l/ he/she/ it

you/we/they

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@ ^Ae: Past simple

Negative

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nel riquadro.

wasn't were not ^was not ^weren't

Usa le parole date per scrivere frasi con il Past simple di be.

she/not your friend/last year She wasn't vour friend last vear.

1 we/not at home/yesterday

2 they/not at tennis club/on Saturday

3 Matthew/not at school/today

4 ^{itlnot cold/this morning} 5 ^Jenny/not in my class/last ^year

6 ^{you/not in} the park/this morning

7 l/not on my phone at all

8 ^{she/not at Jenna's party}

Correggi le frasi sulla vacanza di Carl usando le parole tra parentesi. Per ogni frase, scrivine prima una negativa e poi una affermativa.

Carl was on holrday with his friends. ^(family) Carl wasn't on holiday with his friehds.

lla was on holiday with his familL

1

2 3

4

They were in a hotel ^rn Barcelona (flat) The flat was big. ^(small)

The weather was cold. (warm)

They were at a basketball game on Saturday.

(football match)

The match was terrible. (fantastic)

Full form Short form

l/he/she/it ²

you/we/they ^{3 4}

I really love it here!

ago.

@ ^Ae: Past simple

3

4

5

10

Interrogative and short answers

Abbina le domande ^(1-5) alle risposte brevi (a-e).

1 d ^Was the festival good? a ^{No, she wasn't'} 2 - ^{Were the bands loud? b}

Yes, I was"

3 - ^{Was Adele} there? c ^{No, he wasn't.}

4 - ^{Was Paul with} You? d ^{Yes, it was'} 5 - ^{Were You} excited? e ^{Yes, theY were'}

Completa le domande e le risposte brevi con la forma corretta del Pasf simple di be.

Was the music loud? Yes, itwas.

1 the weather nice ^last weekend?

Yes.

4 Who afternoon?

with on Saturday

5 ^{When on holiday?}

you at the hockeY match, No,

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they ^{nice? No,} he old? Yes,

the concert on TV?

@ nave: Past simple

L2

13

L4

Af f irnlative

Scegli l'alternativa corretta.

Naomi *utlGòu ^{sandwich for lunch.}

1 ^They had/were at a restaurant.

2 ^{We was/had a cat when I was five.}

3 ^He was/had long hair last ^year.

4 We had/was a great time at the ^festrval.

5 ^{Katre was/had '14 years old on Friday.}

6 ^{There was/had} a big party at her house.

Scegli l'alternativa corretta ^per ogni spazio.

It _ cold outside.

a had _@ ^*ut 1 ^He

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very slim when he was young.

a ^had b was c ^were 2 ^She

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a tattoo, but not now.

a had b was c ^were 3 ^We

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at a different ^school.

a ^had b was c ^were 4 ^Mum

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shoes like that!

a ^had b was c ^were 5 ^{When I}

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a little boy, I had wavy ^hair.

a ^had b was c ^were 6 ^They _ in the garden a minute ^ago.

a had b was c ^were

Completa il dialogo con has, had, was, werr o weren't.

Amy ^{Mum, who was} your favourite band when you t-young?

Mum The Happy Mondays. ^They 2-

fa ntastic.

Amv What 3- _{their best song?}

Mum ^I think ìt 4- _{Step on, but theY}

lots of good songs

Amy '-theY ^American?

Mum No, they '-. ^They 8- f ': ^.- Manchester. Dad e- _{a CD of}

them somewhere. Let's see...

Lucy?

c ^were

No,

11

6

-they

late this morning?

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Question words with was I wer€

Completa la tabella con was/were.

Completa le domande, poi scrivi risposte vere per te. Usa il Past simple di be.

When were vou born? I was barn in 2044.

1 How old on 31't July

last summer?

2 ^Where last night?

Question word

Verb Subject

When were you on holìday?

whv

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she tired?

Where ² he last week?

Who ^{3 you} with?

What ⁴ the name of

the band?

How old

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VOU in ^2014?

Where parents born?