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WAS OR WERE – EXERCISE

Fill in was or were into the gaps. If there is a (-) use the negation (wasn’t or weren’t). 1. Last year my best friend was 22 years old. 2. The weather was  cold when we were in Berlin. 3. Why were you so angry yesterday? 4. At this time last year Sandra was in Paris. 5. We were tired because it was late at night. 6. Tim wasn’t asleep at ten o’clock yesterday. (-) 7. Our hotel last year was small, but it was very clean. 8. I phoned you at the weekend, but you weren’t at home. (-) 9. My dad wasn’t at work the whole week, because he was ill. (-) 10. The shops were open yesterday, but we didn’t go there. 11. My friends were at the shopping mall two days ago. 12. Claire and I weren’t at school last Monday. (-) 13.  Liam was at home when you came back from work? 14. They didn’t tell where they were on May 2nd. 15. Autumn was  really warm and dry this year. 16. When Tom was a child, he was afraid of dogs. 17. There wasn’t a good movie on TV at prime time. (-) 18. My daughters were in the USA two years ago. 19. She wasn’t at home when they broke into her house. (-) 20. What was your biggest success as professional

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PROGRESSIVE

Present Progressive or Present Simple? Complete with the correct tense. 1. I never dreamed of ghosts. (dream) 2. Tom learned English at school. (learn) 3. Listen! Ann plays the piano. (play) 4. What are you doing? I made a model plane. (make) 5. Can you help me? No, sorry, I am looking after the baby. (look after) 6. Mum always drinks coffee in the afternoon. (drink) 7. Where is mum? She cooks dinner. (cook) 8. Who ? This is Mr Blackwell speak. (speak) 9. We often have eggs for breakfast. (have) 10. What are you doing? I am learning for my English test. (learn) 11. Tom is cleaning his bike at the moment. (clean) 12. He visits his uncle every Wednesday. (visit) 13. What are you doing? I watch TV. (watch) 14. Today it is not rainy (not rain), the sun shines (shine). 15. They sometimes go to the cinema on Sundays. (go)

PAST SIMPLE

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below. clean – die – enjoy – end – happen – live – open – play – rain – repair – start – stay – want – watch 1. Yesterday evening I watched TV. 2. I only cleaned my teeth four times last week. 3. Bruce repaired his mountain bike yesterday evening. 4. The concert last night started at 7.30 and  at 10 o’clock. 5. The accident ended last Sunday afternoon. 6. When I was a child I wanted to be a lawyer. 7. Mozart lived from 1756 to 1791. 8. We enjoyed our holiday last week. 9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it was rainy. 10. It was hot in the room, so I opened the window. 11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we played tennis. 12. William Shakespeare died in 1616.