BENEMÉRITA ESCUELA NORMAL MANUEL ÁVILA CAMACHO ENGLISH A2 - Past of be Jimena Murillo Arellano
Student’s name:____Carolina Olguín Vargas__________________________________ Date: __03/ 10/2020_____ Program: __LEPREE___________ Semester:__5°________
I.
Complete with the past simple of the verb to be (was/were).
It was a great weekend! Sally was seventeen last year. She __was___ at a Secondary school in Lisbon and as well as the rest of the students she had good marks at the end of the year. She ___was___ very happy and so ___were___ her parents. Therefore Sally and the other students ___were___ ready to spend a weekend at the beach as a reward. It __was__ a fantastic experience! Many other foreign students ___were___ there too. They ___were__ from different countries. It __was___ good to meet people from different cultures… It___was__ fantastic being there. The program __was___ great! What a weekend!
II. 1.
Answer the questions using complete sentences. How old was Sally last year?
......She was seventeen years old .................................................................................. 2.
Was she a good student then?
........ Yes she was..................................................... 3.
Why was Sally so happy at the end of the school year?
.....because she got good marks at the end of the year................................................. 4. Were Sally´s parents happy, too? ......Yes they were.............................................................................................
III.
Complete with the past simple of the verb to be (was/were).
Wedding anniversary Last weekend we ____were__ in New York with Paula and John. It ___was__ their wedding anniversary and there _were___ a party to celebrate it on Saturday. Tom and Susan weren’t at the party because Susan’s mother ___was___ in the hospital, but they __were__ for lunch on Sunday. The party ___was___. great. There were a lot of people and there was a lot of food, too. However, Paula and John __were__ a bit sad because their daughter wasn’t at the party. She _was__. in London on a school trip. Tony, our son , wasn’t with us. He was in Dublin with his girlfriend. Anyway, it __was___a nice weekend and we __were___ really happy there.
IV.
Answer the questions using complete sentences.
1. Where was the wedding anniversary? ..... It was in new york.......................................................................... 2. Why weren’t Tom and Susan at the party? ..... Because Susan’s mother was in the hospital............................................... 3. Why were Paul and John a bit sad? ..... Were a bit sad because their daughter wasn’t at the party......................... 4. Were the people happy there? ...... Were really happy there.................................................................