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A) Fill in the gap with the correct form of To Be
1. Why __________ you so ill yesterday?

2. __________ Steve at the library last Friday?
3. We __________ n’t in Spain last year, we were in France.
4. Unfortunately she __________ n’t offered the job.
5. I __________ a good worker but he fired me anyway.
6. They __________ busy all day.
7. It __________ a very difficult situation.
8. Yesterday it __________ very cold. I hope it will be warmer today.
9. My brother __________ a teacher for 20 years.
10. They __________ really unkind to me, but I __________ n’t any better back.
B) Create a sentence using the words below using the correct form of To Be.
Sometimes the verb needs to appear twice and in different tenses.
1. he / fat / but / year / thin / now / last
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2. meeting / I / to / the / late
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3. lucky / friend / very / my
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4. 21st / the / yesterday / the / today / 22nd
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5. cold / rainy / sunny / hot / It / It / and / and / not
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6. policeman / firefighter / Bert / not / a / a
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C) Answer the following questions using the past form of To Be
1. Where were you last weekend? __________________________________________

2. Who were you with last weekend? __________________________________________
3. Where was your mother yesterday? __________________________________________
4. Were you a good student at school? __________________________________________
5. How did Mike feel when he got the test results? __________________________________________
6. Why was the teacher angry? __________________________________________
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Exercise 8
Using the Verb "To be"
Choose the correct form of "to be" in past tense.
Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (positive)

Example: Carlos (be, not) was not at work yesterday. (negative)
1) The party (be) ________ fun last 2) They (be) ________ watching a
weekend. movie when Ernesto called. They
(be, not) ____ ____ watching TV.
3) Jessie (be) ________ tired. So, he 4) When she was a little girl, Margo
went to sleep. (be) ________ very good at tennis.
She practiced every day.
5) My friends and I (be) ________ 6) Kendra (be) ________ in my sixth

studying English last night. grade English class. We (be)
________ good friends before she
moved away.
7) The movie (be) ________ really 8) After playing outside, my dog (be)
boring. It (be, not) ____ ____ ________ very dirty. She came into
entertaining. We stopped watching the house and ran into my room. It
it before it was over. (be) ________ such a mess!
9) I (be, not) ____ ____ eating a 10) The students (be, not) ____ ____
sandwich when you called. I (be) ready to take the test. They
________ eating a salad. needed to study more.
Practice writing sentences using the verb “to be” in past tense.
1) ______________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________
3) ______________________________________________________________
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Final Review
Using the Verb "To be"
Complete the story using the correct form of the verb "to be."
“Today ________ going to be very cold,” said the weather man on the TV.
“You need to wear very warm clothes.”
He ________ talking in a very low voice. He ________ very serious. "You need
to be careful out on the roads," he said. "Two car accidents ________ reported
this morning."
Dr. Hayden turned off the T.V. He put on the warmest clothes he had. He put on
a sweater, jacket, gloves, socks, boots, and a hat. Then, he went outside. It
________ snowing and the wind ________ blowing. “Wow, it ________ very cold
outside,” said Dr. Hayden. The weather man was right! He got into his car. He
turned the key. The engine came to life. He turned up the heat. He ________
very cold.
There ________ a lot of traffic on the road. The cars ________ going slow. The
doctor did not understand why everybody ________ going so slow. “Why
________ all the cars going so slow today?” he said. "They ________ going as
fast as usual. Usually they go faster."
He began to think to himself, "Hmmm...If it takes me ten more minutes to get to

get to work, then this ________ the longest drive to work I have ever taken!"
Finally, he saw why the cars ________ going so slow. They ________ going so
slow because there ________ a car accident!
“Why did this accident happen?” Dr. James said. He drove closer to the accident.
He looked out of his window.
“________ everybody okay here?” he asked.
“Yes, we ________ okay. We had a small car accident, but we ________ okay,”
they said.
“What did you hit?” asked the doctor.
“A snowman!” they said.

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To Be - Past Tense

A) Fill in the gap with the correct form of To Be

1. Why __________ you so ill yesterday?

C) Answer the following questions using the past form of To Be

1. Where were you last weekend? __________________________________________

Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (positive)

5) My friends and I (be) 6) Kendra (be) in my sixth

He began to think to himself, "Hmmm...If it takes me ten more minutes to get to

“________ everybody okay here?” he asked.

“What did you hit?” asked the doctor.

“A snowman!” they said.

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