BENEMÉRITA ESCUELA NORMAL MANUEL ÁVILA CAMACHO ENGLISH A2 - Past of be Jimena Murillo Arellano
Student’s name:_____Sarahí Campos Huízar_______________________________________ Date: ___October 5________ Program: ______LEPREE______ Semester:_____V_________ 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 year 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 had good marks......................................................... 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 ___was__ 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 hospiral............................................................................. 3. Why were Paul and John a bit sad? ...................Because their daughter wasn´t at the party............................................................................. 4. Were the people happy there? ................ Yes, they were happy..................................................................................................................