Спряжение глагола to be (быть) в Past Simple Tense (Past Indefinite Tense)

Утверждение	Отрицание	Вопрос
I was	I was not	Was I?
He was	He was not	Was he?
She was	She was not	Was she?
It was	It was not	Was it?
We were	We were not	Were we?
You were	You were not	Were you?
They were	They were not	Were they?

 Test 1

Put was/wasn't or were/weren't in the gaps in these con­versations.

A

-        (1) Paul at school yesterday?

-        No, he        (2). He        (3) at home.

I think he is ill.

В

-        (4) you in St. Petersburg last year?

-        Yes, I          (5) in St. Petersburg in July,

and then my parents and I      (6) in

Great Britain for a holiday.

-        (7) the weather nice when you

         (8) in Great Britain?

-        Yes, it         (9) fine.

С

-        Nick and I  (10) at Mike's house last

week. It      (11) lovely there. Do you

know Mike?

Yes, I          (12) at Mike's party in sum­mer.      (13) you there?

No, we        (14) there.  Nick and I

         (15) in the country in the summer.

Test 2        

Put in was/wasn't or were/weren't in the gaps.

1. We weren't happy with the hotel. Our room

         (1) very small and it      (2)

very clean.

Tom  (3) at school last week because he   (4) ill. He is better now.

Yesterday   (5) a public holiday so the

shops         (6) closed. They are open today.

4.      "        (7) Ann and Olga at the party?"

"Olga (8) there but Ann (9)."

5.      "Where are my books?" "I don't know. They

         (10) on the table but they are not

there now."

6.      You   (11) at home on Sunday. Where

         (12) you?

7.      "Why          (13) you late this morning?"

"The traffic (14) bad."

8.      There (15) a good film on TV yesterday.