TO BE PAST SIMPLE : WAS, WERE

Put the correct form of the verb “to be” (was/were) in the past tense in the following sentences.

1. Judy __________________ sick yesterday.

2. We __________________ in the same class last year.

3. I __________________ tired after a long day at work.

4. The weather __________________ beautiful yesterday.

5. Last semester my teachers __________________ very good.

6. The children __________________ hungry after so much exercise.

7. The wind __________________ very strong last night.

8. She __________________ very happy last week.

9. They __________________ nervous on the rst day of school.

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10. Luckily, the windows __________________ closed during the rain storm.

11. We __________________ very happy to get your letter last week.

12. The boys __________________ tired after the ball game.

Put the correct negative form of the verb “to be” (wasn’t/ weren’t) in the following sentences.

1. They __________________ at school yesterday because it was Saturday.

2. He __________________ hungry at supper time because he ate a big lunch.

3. Carol __________________ happy to see her boyfriend with another girl.

4. Bonnie __________________ at home last night when I called her.

5. The teacher __________________ satis ed with the student’s work.

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Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question):

1. (I / be / at the cinema last night.) __________________________________________________________________

2. (the children / be / naughty?) __________________________________________________________________

3. (we / be / in a cafe when you called.) ________________________________________________________

4. (I / be / late?) __________________________________________________________________

5. (she / be / a teacher when she was young.) __________________________________________________________

6. (where / we / be?) __________________________________________________________________

7. (you / be / okay?) __________________________________________________________________

8. (we / be / too tired?) __________________________________________________________________

9. (how / the party / be?) __________________________________________________________________

10. (they / be / late for the interview.) __________________________________________________________________

11. (you / be / in the garden.) __________________________________________________________________

12. (what / his name / be?) __________________________________________________________________

13. (it / not / be / cold.) __________________________________________________________________

14. (she / be / beautiful?) __________________________________________________________________

15. (she / not / be my wife at the time.) __________________________________________________________________

16. (he / be / hungry.) __________________________________________________________________

17. (why / you / be / late?) __________________________________________________________________

18. (you / not / be / early.) __________________________________________________________________

19. (they not / be / in love.) __________________________________________________________________

20. (we / not / be / in China.) __________________________________________________________________

Ejercicio 1 Selecciona las formas correctas del Past Simple y tacha
las incorrectas.

writed buyed sent did left

sended stoped saw spent brought
met ate gived took asked
stopped wrote meeted bought  found
taked gave eated finded leaved

Completa la tabla con la forma correcta de los verbos anteriores y su

infinitivo correspondiente.

Verbos regulares Verbos irregulares

1. 1. buy bought
2. 2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

Ejercicio 2 Completa las frases con el past simple de los verbos del
recuadro. Ojo, son todos regulares.

clean die enjoy finish want work

1. I ____________ the film a lot. It was really good!

2. My grandmother ____________ when she was 99 years old.
3. Frank ____________ in a pub during the summer.
4. I ____________ my room this morning.
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5. The film ____________ past midnight.

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6. When Harry was a kid, he ____________ to be a doctor.

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Ejercicio 3 Completa las frases con el past simple de los verbos del
recuadro. Ojo, algunos son irregulares.

buy go have play speak stop

1. My parents ____________ me the new PSP for my birthday.

2. This morning I ____________ breakfast at 7.
3. Megan ____________ the piano really well when she was 7.
4. The rain ____________ and we could go out.
5. Last night, we ____________ to the cinema.
6. The man ____________ English and French fluently.

Ejercicio 4 Completa las frases con el verbo en forma negativa.

1. My mum went to the bank but she _________________ to the shops.

2. I phoned Fred but I _________________ Emma.
3. We studied French but we _________________ German at school.
4. I enjoyed the wine but I _________________ the food.
5. My father worked yesterday but he _________________ on Saturday.
6. I had a pencil but I _________________ any paper.

Ejercicio 5 Haz preguntas para estas respuestas.

1. _________________________? Yes, I visited London.

2. _________________________? No, I didn’t go on the London Eye.
3. _________________________? No, she didn’t help me.
4. _________________________? Yes, I gave her a present.
5. _________________________? Yes, Steve passed his driving test.
6. _________________________? No, we didn’t play football. 3
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Ejercicio 6 Haz preguntas con las partículas del recuadro para estas
respuestas.

Where? Where? What? What? Who? When? When?

0. __Where did they live________? They lived in America.

1. _________________________? She died in 1977.
2. _________________________? We went to Rome.
3. _________________________? I saw many interesting places.
4. _________________________? I phoned Sally.
5. _________________________? We played tennis yesterday.
6. _________________________? I had fish and chips and a coke.

Ejercicio 7 Traduce al inglés.

1. Mis amigos y yo jugábamos al fútbol todos los fines de semana.

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2. Mis padres me dieron 100 euros
por mi cumpleaños.
____________________________
____________________________
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3. Eric compró la cocacola pero no
compró las patatas fritas 4.
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
4. Ayer no me lavé la cabeza.
_____________________________________________________
5. ¿Compraste el nuevo CD de Lady Gaga?
_____________________________________________________
6. ¿Hizo Laura los deberes de matematicas?
_____________________________________________________
7. ¿Dónde pusiste la PSP?
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STAGE 3 GRAMMAR NAME Score

17  Past simple: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (1)

Past simple affirmative Past simple negative

Verbos regulares I/you/we/they + didn’t (did not) + infinitivo
I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo + -d/-ed/-ied
We didn’t play rugby.
Verbos irregulares: hay que memorizarlas It didn’t rain yesterday.
eat – ate, drink – drank, learn – learnt
I studied French at university.
They ate the salad.

Past simple questions Past simple short answers

Did + I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo ... ? Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did.
Did you watch TV yesterday? No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
Did she work in Madrid?

1 Completa las frases. 2 Escribe las frases en forma afirmativa,

negativa o como pregunta.
she / study / English  ✓
She studied English.
they / study / French  ✗
They didn’t study French.
we / eat / salad (?)
Did we eat salad?
1 they / play / football  ✓

2 he / learn / English  ✗

3 you / drink / water (?)

4 she / watch / TV  ✓

5 it / rain / yesterday  ✗
Petra didn’t learn French at school. She
learnt English. 6 they / cook / dinner (?)
1 I ate the fish. I eat the salad.
2 We didn’t play rugby at school, but we 7 Sally / live / Lisbon last year  ✗
football.
3 Liz studied Geography at university. She 8 they / cook / dinner (?)
study English.
4 My dog didn’t drink juice, but it
water.
5 he cook dinner? Yes, he did.
6 you live in Madrid? No, I didn’t.
7 Did they watch TV? No, they .
8 Did it rain yesterday? No, it .

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17  Past simple: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (2)
3 Completa las frases con el sujeto y la forma 4 Indica el error en cada frase. Luego escribe
correcta de los verbos entre paréntesis. las frases correctas en el past simple.
I didn’t studied at university.
I didn’t study at university.
1 He live in Oxford last year.

2 Did she study English? Yes, she does.

3 Did the dog ate the fish? Yes, it did.

Did they live in England? (they / live) 4 We didn’t not play football.
Yes, they did . (they)
They lived in Liverpool. (they / live) 5 Did Anna watch TV? No, they didn’t.

6 It rain on Saturday.

5 Escribe tres frases en afirmativa, tres

frases en negativa y tres preguntas. Usa las
palabras de los recuadros.
I live in England
1 English? (they / study) you study English on Saturday
he cook Geography yesterday
No, . (they) she  rain  dinner  at university
Geography. (they / studied) it learn fish after school
we eat salad last year
they drink juice

I studied English at university.

He didn’t cook dinner yesterday.
1
2
3
4
5
2 TV yesterday? (they / watch)
6
No, . (they)
7
TV on Saturday. (they /
8
watch)
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Vocabulario clave
after school  después del colegio   cook  cocinar   dinner  cena   dog  perro   drink  beber   eat  comer
email  correo electrónico   England  Inglaterra   English  inglés   fish  pescado   football  fútbol
French  francés   Geography  geografía   juice  zumo   last  year  el año pasado   learn  aprender
live  vivir   play  jugar   rain  llover   salad  ensalada   Saturday  sábado   school  colegio   study  estudiar
TV  televisión   university  universidad   watch  ver   water  agua   write  escribir   yesterday  ayer

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1. Complete then sentences with used to… and the verbs in the
box.
play listen to have read live like

0. When I was seven years old I used to like ice-cream.

1. I ____________hide and seek.

2. Ten years ago I ____________ in an apartment.
3. When I was in elementary school I__________a bicycle.
4. My grand’pa ____________ to the radio and ____________many books.

2. Ten years ago, Max was a student, now he is a doctor. Use the
prompts to ask and answer questions about Max, as in the
example
THEN NOW
be very messy be very neat
live with his parents have his own house
take the bus to the university have his own car
play soccer go to the gym
wear long hair wear short hair

A: Did Max use to be very neat?

B: No, he didn’t. He used to be very messy.

A:________________________________

B:________________________________

A:________________________________

B:________________________________

A:________________________________

B:________________________________

A:________________________________

B:________________________________
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Worksheet 11

Used to + infinitive
1 Complete the sentences with these words. 4 John _______________ like Mary, but he
doesn’t now.
didn’t use to used to use to
a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to
1 What did you _______ throw away? 5 People _______________ produce as much
2 We _______ throw things away. ✘ rubbish as we do nowadays.
3 We _______ keep things we might want a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to
later. ✔ 6 Did you _______________ collect anything
when you were young?
2 Choose the correct words to complete each a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to
sentence.
200 years ago … 4 Complete these sentences with used to or
1 … people used to / didn’t use to make their didn’t use to.
own clothes. 1 I _______________ play the guitar, but I do
2 … people used to / didn’t use to have now.
mobile phones. 2 I _______________ ride a bike, but I don’t any
3 … people used to / didn’t use to read books. more.
4 … people used to / didn’t use to watch TV. 3 I _______________ collect stamps, but I don’t
5 … people used to / didn’t use to drive cars. any more.
6 … people used to / didn’t use to walk 4 I _______________ enjoy getting up early, but I
everywhere. do now.
5 I _______________ be worried about the
3 Choose the correct words to complete each environment, but I am now.
sentence.
6 I _______________ be afraid of flying, but I’m
1 Why did people _______________ mend their
not anymore.
clothes?
7 I _______________ know how to use a
a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to
computer, but I do now.
2 I _______________ like watching football, but
now I do.
a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to
3 What did you _______________ like doing
when you were young?
a) used to b) use to c) didn’t use to

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