Past Tense of Be Worksheet Level 5: A. B. C. D. A. B. C. D

PAST TENSE OF BE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 5
NAME: DATE:
A. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER ACCORDING TO PAST TENSE FORMS OF THE VERB BE:
1. Where were you yesterday? 7. Were you at the theatre 2 days ago?
a. I am at the cinema. a. Yes, I wasn’t.
b. He was at the cinema. b. No, I was.
c. I were at the cinema. c. Yes, I was.
d. I was at the cinema. d. No, I weren’t.
2. What was the weather like last week? 8. My family in London, I there last
a. It is sunny. Christmas.
b. It were sunny. a. am/were
c. It was snowy. b. is/was
d. It was sunny. c. am/was
d. are/was
3. I late for school yesterday.
a. am 9. Mary is very happy but yesterday she happy.
b. was a. was
c. were b. wasn’t
d. is c. were
d. weren’t
4. The weather is sunny today but it sunny.
a. wasn’t 10. You ill last week. How are you now?
b. were a. am
c. weren’t b. was
d. was c. were
d. is
5. Tom and I at the concert last night.
a. was 11. They 13 years old two years ago.
b. am a. was
c. were b. wasn’t
d. are c. were
d. weren’t
6. We at university in 2008 but now we are
teachers. 12. A: What were you doing last year?B:
a. were I a shop assistant.
b. was a. were
c. weren’t b. weren’t
d. wasn’t c. was
d. wasn’t
Marge Hamburger González

English Professor
Universidad de La Guajira
Language Center
PAST TENSE OF BE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 5
B. MATCH THE QUESTIONS WITH THE ANSWERS
1) Where was Tina yesterday? A. I was ill.

2) What was the weather like yesterday? B. She was happy.
3) How was Maxi last night? C. It was boring.
4) When was the concert? D. It was yesterday.
5) Was your mother ill yesterday? E. Yes, she was.
6) Where were you yesterday evening? F. That was a plate.
7) Who was that old woman near the car? G. She was at work.
8) Where was your father last weekend? H. No, it wasn’t.
9) How was the movie? I. It was sunny.
10) What was that? J. I was in Istanbul.
11) Why weren’t you at work yesterday? K. He was in Spain.
12) Was the weather rainy last weekend? L. She was my aunt.
C. READ THE DIALOGUES AND FILL IN THE BLANKS

Gina: How (1) the picnic yesterday?
Peter: It (2) fantastic.
Gina: What _ (3) the weather like? (4) it sunny?
Peter: Well, it (5) sunny in the morning, but when we got there it (6) cloudy.
Gina: (7) Mary and her family with you? She (8) so excited about the picnic.
Peter: No, she _ (9). She (10) ill.
Gina: What a pity! (11) it serious?
Peter: No, it _ (12). She (13) down with the flue but she is OK now.
Gina: How about your uncle?
Peter: He (14) with us and we had great time together. So, how (15) your weekend?
Gina: It _ (16) boring as always. I (17) at home during the weekend. My father (18)
abroad and my mother (19) at work.
Peter: Next time we may go together!
C. REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE.
1. This dog is funny. 5. They aren’t tired.
2. I am not busy. 6. We are hungry.
3. You are very lucky. 7. This book isn’t boring.
4. The winter is cold.

English Professor
Language Center
PAST TENSE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 3
NAME: DATE:
A. Fill in the blanks with the past form of the verbs in brackets:
1. My father and me in Paris last week. (meet)
2. I a dictionary yesterday. (buy)
3. Peter an email to his boss. (send)
4. My sister French at school. (study)
5. Sue me a nice birthday present. (give)
6. We a movie at home last night. (watch)
7. It a lot last week. (rain)
8. Lots of people holidays in Hawaii. (spend)
9. Dan a nice poem for you. (write)
10. Grandma a fabulous chocolate cake. (bake)

English Professor
Language Center
PAST TENSE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 3
B. Rewrite the following sentences in Negative Form.

1. Sally left the window open last night.
2. Clare played tennis last weekend.
3. We flew to Hong Kong last month.
4. Julia cleaned the entire house yesterday morning.
5. I read the news on my computer last night.
6. Jane and Nan ran after the dog.
7. Dorothy invited me to her birthday party.
8. The kids woke up early last Saturday.
9. Elisa called Sue to go out for lunch.
10. I did the dishes after dinner.
C. Unscramble the following sentences:

1. last night / the boys /videogames / play / did / ?
2. arrive / time / you / yesterday / did / what / ?

English Professor
Language Center
PAST TENSE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 3
3. his driving test / Michael / did / last week / pass / ?
4. did / Peter and Luisa / on / travel / last vacation / their / where / ?
5. your mother / a delicious / did / dinner / prepare / yesterday / ?
D. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Rewrite them:

1. Peter didn’t sang very well.
2. Did Anne studies French?
3. We didn’t be late for school yesterday.
4. Harry runned very fast.
5. Does Susan saw you?

English Professor
Language Center
PAST TENSE
WORKSHEET
LEVEL 3
6. It rainned cats and dogs on Friday.
7. Tony plaied the guitar in a pop group.
8. Paul didn’t the homework.
9. The baby sleeped all night long for the very first time yesterday.
10. Laura don’t bringed her notebook to the class.

English Professor
Language Center

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PAST TENSE OF BE

Marge Hamburger González

B. MATCH THE QUESTIONS WITH THE ANSWERS

1) Where was Tina yesterday? A. I was ill.

C. READ THE DIALOGUES AND FILL IN THE BLANKS

C. REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE.

1. This dog is funny. 5. They aren’t tired.

2. I am not busy. 6. We are hungry.

3. You are very lucky. 7. This book isn’t boring.

4. The winter is cold.

Marge Hamburger González

2. I a dictionary yesterday. (buy)

3. Peter an email to his boss. (send)

4. My sister French at school. (study)

5. Sue me a nice birthday present. (give)

6. We a movie at home last night. (watch)

7. It a lot last week. (rain)

8. Lots of people holidays in Hawaii. (spend)

9. Dan a nice poem for you. (write)

10. Grandma a fabulous chocolate cake. (bake)

Marge Hamburger González

B. Rewrite the following sentences in Negative Form.

2. Clare played tennis last weekend.

3. We flew to Hong Kong last month.

4. Julia cleaned the entire house yesterday morning.

5. I read the news on my computer last night.

6. Jane and Nan ran after the dog.

7. Dorothy invited me to her birthday party.

8. The kids woke up early last Saturday.

9. Elisa called Sue to go out for lunch.

10. I did the dishes after dinner.

C. Unscramble the following sentences:

2. arrive / time / you / yesterday / did / what / ?

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3. his driving test / Michael / did / last week / pass / ?

4. did / Peter and Luisa / on / travel / last vacation / their / where / ?

5. your mother / a delicious / did / dinner / prepare / yesterday / ?

D. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Rewrite them:

2. Did Anne studies French?

3. We didn’t be late for school yesterday.

4. Harry runned very fast.

5. Does Susan saw you?

Marge Hamburger González

6. It rainned cats and dogs on Friday.

7. Tony plaied the guitar in a pop group.

8. Paul didn’t the homework.

10. Laura don’t bringed her notebook to the class.

Marge Hamburger González

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