1. Past tense of the verb be
Where were they?
• affirmative
• negative
• question
• short answers

2. be
present
past am
was is
were
are
wasn’t
negative forms:
weren’t

3. - ? - ? past present I am at home. I was at home yesterday.
She is ill.
She was ill last week.
He is happy.
He was happy last Friday.
It is in the garden.
It was in the garden a minute ago.
You are at school.
You were at school yesterday.
We are sad .
We were sad two days ago.
They are in Tokyo.
They were in Tokyo last summer.

4. Suzanne Paul John & Jane You
Look at the chart. Ask each other.
Where were John & Jane yesterday?
Where was Susanne last week?
Where were you two days ago?
Suzanne
Paul
John &
Jane
You
last week
yesterday
two weeks ago

5. Mr Smith Was Mr Smith at the beach a month ago? Ask each other.
No, he wasn’t.
restaurant/last Monday
playground/yesterday
Mr Smith
hotel/in 2010
gym/last year

6. Tom & Mary Were Tom & Mary on honeymoon last year? Ask each other.
Yes, they were.
their office/ for a month
Paris/for a week
Tom & Mary
London/for 2 weeks
museum /at all

7. Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were and weren’t.
AN OLD SUITCASE
Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were and weren’t.
I was on holiday last year with my brother. We were at our grandparents’ house . The weather wasn’t very good so we weren’t at the beach. We stayed at home. Guess what!
We found an old suitcase in the attic. There were lots of pictures on it. Whose suitcase was it? It was my great-grandfather’s. He was in plenty of countries all over the world. Who was he? Was he a spy? No, he wasn’t. He was a very rich man.
I __ on holiday last year with my brother. We __ at our grandparents’ house . The weather __ very good so we __ at the beah. We stayed at home. Guess what!
We found an old suitcase in the attic. There __ lots of pictures on it. Whose suitcase __ it? It __ my great-grandfather’s. He __ in plenty of countries all over the world. Who __ he? __ he a spy? No, he __. He __ a very rich man.

8. Complete the sentences with was or wasn’t. How good is your memory?
Her great-grandfather ___ in Mexico.
wasn’t
Her great-grandfather ___ in Scotland.
was
Her great-grandfather ___ in Thailand.
wasn’t
Her great-grandfather in Los Angeles.
was
Her great-grandfather ___ in Australia.
was
Her great-grandfather ___ in France .
wasn’t
Her great-grandfather ___ in Finland.
was

9. GOOD BYE