VERB TO BE

Present(presente)

Past (pasado)

Is =
estaba

es / est

were =

Isnt =
estaban

no es/ no est

werent=

era /
no era / no

YOU WE YOU - THEY

Are =
estaban

son / estn

was =

Arent=
estaban

no son / no estn

eran /

wasnt= no eran / no

HE SHE IT

INTERROGATIVE (pregunta)
WAS

I / he / she / it late?

WERE you / we / you / they late?

ANSWER (respuesta)
AFIRMATIVE
Yes, I / he / she / it was
Yes, you /we / you / they WERE
WERENT

NEGATIVE
No, I / he / she / it wasnt
No, you / we / you / they

EXERCICE 1 .Complete the sentences with WAS / WERE (/) or WASNT /WEREN
T (x)
Olivia WASNT in her bedroom. (x)
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The party ___________cool (/)

The dogs __________ in the garden (/)
I _______ at the concert (x)
Edward ___________at school (x)
The games __________ fantastic (/)
The actors ___________ very good(x)

EXERCICE 2. Write questions and anwers

Michael Jackson / America? (/)
Was Michael Jackson American?
Yes, he was
1- Abel/ at home/ yesterday? (x)
_______________________________.
______________.
2- Jessica/ in Brazil/ last summer? (/)
_______________________________.
______________.
3- Jack and Ryan/ at football/ on Sunday? (/)
_______________________________.
______________.
4- Johnny Depp/ in the film Quantum of Solace?
_______________________________.
______________.

Information question with: was/were

Why
Where
How old

was he
was she
were you

at home
on Sunday?
in 2004

EXERCICE 3. Read the answers. Then complete the questions.

Where were you last week?
I was on holiday in Chile last week.
1- Where _____________ yesterday?
I was at my cousins house yesterday
2- When ______________?
I was in Spain last summer.
3- How _______________?
The film was fantastic!
4- How old _____________?
I was thirteen in June.

Prepositions of place
On (sobre)

In (dentro)

Near (cerca)

Between (entre)

Under (debajo)
Opposite (opuesto)

Behind (detras)

In front of (frente a)

EXERCICE 4. Look at the picture and choose the correct preposition.

There was books on/behind the bed

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There
There
There
There
There
There
There
There
There

was a box on/under the chair.

were CDs between/on the desk.
was a T-shirt on/near the skateboard.
was a lamp in front of /between the bead and the desk.
was a poster near/on the wall.
was a football was under/ in the box.
was a rucksack behind/ in front of the door.
was a wardrobe apposite/ in front of the door.
was a chair opposite/ in front of the desk.

There was/ There were

Affirmative
- There was a table.
- There were some chairs.

Negative
- There wasnt a table.
There werent any chairs.

Interrogative
-Was there a table?
-Were there any chairs?

- Yes, there was/ No, there wasnt

- Yes there were/ No there werent

EXERCICE 5. Look at the picture and complete the sentence or questions with
the correct form of there was or there were.

TV/on/the desk
There wasnt a TV on the desk.
Posters/on/the walls?
Were there any posters on the walls?
1- Rucksack/under/the bed
_________________________.
2- Trainers/on/the bed?
_________________________.

3- CD player/in/the bedroom?
_________________________.
4- Shoes/next to/the desk
_________________________.