Simple past of 'be'

Ejercicios: Pasado Simple del Verbo To Be (Was/Were) - Nivel A2

Clave de Respuestas (Answer Key)

Ejercicio 1

1. was
2. was
3. were
4. was
5. were
6. were
7. was
8. were

Ejercicio 2

1. She wasn't at the party.
2. They weren't happy with the news.
3. We weren't in the same class.
4. It wasn't cold yesterday.
5. You weren't right about that.
6. He wasn't a good student.

Ejercicio 3

1. Was she at school last Monday?
2. Were they in Guayaquil last year?
3. Was the movie interesting?
4. Were you and your family on vacation in August?
5. Was the test difficult?
6. Were your friends at the concert?

Ejercicio 4

1. he wasn't
2. they were
3. it wasn't
4. I was
5. she was
6. we weren't

Ejercicio 5

1. There was
2. There were
3. There was
4. There were
5. Was there
6. There was
7. There were
8. There was

Ejercicio 6

1. How was the party last night?
2. What was your first job?
3. Why was he angry?
4. When were you in Europe?
5. Who was your best friend in school?
6. How old were you in 2015?

Ejercicio 7

1. Where were you last night?
2. She wasn't at home yesterday.
3. There were three cats in the garden.
4. Were your parents at the meeting?
5. The weather was terrible last week.
6. Were there many people at the party? / Was there a lot of people at the party?

Ejercicio 8

1. I was at the supermarket yesterday.
2. Were you at the concert?
3. There wasn't a school in my town.
4. Were they happy with the results?
5. She wasn't my teacher last year.
6. Where were you last weekend?

Ejercicio 9

Ana: were; was
Marco: was; was
Ana: Are
Marco: am
Ana: was; Were
Marco: weren't; was
Ana: Was
Marco: wasn't; was

Ejercicio 10 (Respuestas variarán)

Ejemplos para "When I was a child...":

1. I was very shy.
2. My best friend was Carlos.
3. There were many trees in my neighborhood.
4. My school was small.
5. Saturdays were my favorite day.

Ejemplos para "Yesterday...":

1. I was at work all day.
2. The weather was rainy.
3. There were many emails in my inbox.
4. My friends were busy.
5. The traffic was terrible.