WERE, and other words and information from the chart

Use the table above.

Ex. 56. Nick and his family are on holiday in Europe. Complete his letter to Bob.

TO BE

UNIT 4 PAST SIMPLE

Affirmative		Negative
I was You were He / she / it was We / you /they were		I was not (wasn’t) You were not (weren’t) He / she / it was not (wasn’t) We / you / they were not (weren/t)

Questions		Short answers
Was I? Were you? Was he / she / it? Were we / you / they?		Yes, I was Yes, you were Yes, he/ she / it was Yes, we / you / they were	No, I wasn’t No, you weren’t No, he / she / it wasn’t No, we / you / they weren’t

- Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.

- When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.

- We were tired after the journey but we weren’t hungry.

- The hotel was very comfortable and it wasn’t expensive.

- Where were you at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon?

- Was the weather good when you were on holiday?

- Those shoes are nice. Were they expensive?

	City	Weather	Food	Museums
Monday	Madrid	fine	not very good	boring
Tuesday	Paris	fine	good	interesting
Wednesday	London	bad	not good	OK
Thursday	Amsterdam	OK	good	not very interesting
Friday	Zurich	bad	terrible	quite interesting
Saturday	Venice	not very good	bad	great
Sunday	Rome	nice	great	interesting
Hotel Roma Bologna   Hi Bob!   As you can see I’m on holiday here with my family. On Monday we were in Madrid. The weather was fine, but the food wasn’t very good, and the museums were boring. 1 On Tuesday we __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________   2 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________   3 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________   4 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________   5 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________     6 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

Ex. 57. Nick’s friends ask questions. Reproduce their questions and Nick’s answers.

Example: weather / Madrid / fine?

Steve: Was the weather in Madrid fine?

Nick: Yes, it was.

Example: food / Zurich / good?

Liz: Was the food in Zurich good?

Nick: No, it wasn’t. It was terrible.

1. museums / Paris / interesting?

2. weather / London / good?

3. museums / Zurich / boring?

4. food / Paris / good?

5.museums / Madrid / interesting?

6. weather / Rome / nise?

7.food / Amsterdam / good?

8.museums / London / OK?

9.weather / Zurich / fine?

10.food / Madrid / good?

Ex. 58. Look at this chart, and complete the sentences below with IS, ARE, WAS/WASN’T

In 1987 NOW
Jane Segall	1^st violin		student	architect
Peter Jimson	2^nd violin		student	engineer
Brian Cooley	viola		actor	TV producer
Marianne Wells	cello		housewife	music student

1. In 1987 Brian Cooley ______ the violin player. He _______32 years old. He ______ an actor.

2. Now he ________ ________ years old, and he _________ a TV producer.

3. In 1987 Peter Jimson _______ a _______ player. He _______ ______ ______ ______.

He ________ __________ __________.

4. Now _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ and ______ _______ _______ _______.

5. In 1987 Jane and Peter _________ violin players. They ________22 years old. They _______

students.

6.Now they ______ ______ years old. Jane ______ an architect and Peter ______ an engineer.

7. – How old _______Marianne Wells in 1987? - She _______ _______ ________ old.

8. – And _______ she a music student at that time? - No, she ________. She ______a _______.

Ex. 59. Put in AM / IS / ARE / WAS / WERE. Some sentences are present and some are past.

1. Last year she __ was 22, so she ___ is__ 23 now.

2. Today the weather _______ nice, but yesterday it ________ cold.

3. I _________ hungry. Can I have something to eat?

4. I _________ hungry last night, so I had something to eat.

5. Where ________ you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?

6. Don’t buy those shoes. They _________ too expensive.

7. Why _________ you so angry yesterday?

8. We must go now. It ________ very late.

9. This time last year I _________ in Paris.

10. “Where ______ the children?” “I don’t know. They _______ in the garden ten minutes ago.

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