Exercises 10.1 Where were these people at'3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? 1 Gary. was. in. bed. z 2 Jack and Kate 5 3 Sue 6 10.2 Write amisare (present) or was/were (past) 1 Last year she 88S... 22,30 she 18... 28 now: 2 Today the weather nice, but yesterday it very cal 31 hungry. Can I have something to ex? 44 fee fine this morning, but L very tired last nighe 5 Where you at 11 o'clock lat Pridiy morning? 6 Don't buy those shoes. They very expensive 7 Tike your new jacket. it expensive? 88 This ime last year 1 in Pa 9 Where the children?” ‘T don't know. They here afew minutes ago 10.3 Write was/were or wasn’t/weren’t. 1 We weren't happy with the hotel, Our oom ...WAS... very small and it Wasn't clean, 2 Mark at work lst week because he iil, He's better now, 3 Yesterday public holiday. so the banks closed. They' open today a Kate and Billa the party?” Kate there, but Bill : 5 ‘Where ae my keys? “I don’t know. They fon the abl, but theyre not there 6 You at home lst night. Where you? | 10.4 Write questions from these words + was/were. Put the words in the right order. i) SERRE (te / you / this morning / why?) Wy ware you late Hie perving? {fe The traffic was bad. Gifficat / your exam?) ae | tLe No ie was easy (dase week / where / Sue and Chris?) Jo They were on holidsy, (your new eamers / how much?) | LA. sixty pounds 5) (angry / you / yesterday / why?) i LA. Because you were te. (nice / the weather / last week?) Jey. was bean9° Be: Past Simple 1. We form the Past Simple of be like this: Here are some examples with was and were: Twas in New York last week. We were at home yesterday evening. ‘They weren't late this morning. Was ita good film? 2 Look at these examples of how we use the Past Simple of be: > was/were + facts about the past: John E. Kennedy was an American president, (Our frst house was in the centre of town, A: Were your answers correct? Br No, they were all wrong! Paula wasn't atthe party > was/were + place and time: Gearge and Joanna weren't in London at the weekend. They were in Brighton. Steve and Mary were here at six o'clock » wasiwere + adjective (eg. cold, tired): It was cold yesterday. “They were fred after the journey. ‘The train was late again this morning ‘A: Were your exams easy? ‘The first exam was easy, but the second one wasn't | Practice | A Complete the sentences using was or were. > Today | am happy but yesterday I ya, Now Jane is at home but last week she Today i's raining but yesterday it .. sad, (on holiday. sunny. This year there is a jazz festival here and last year there ....... a pop festival ‘Today Mr Brown is at work but yesterday he ecco il Today | feel fine but yesterday | (My mother is a manageress now but she ‘Today is Saturday and we are at home, but yesterday we .... This summer we are staying at home but last summer we 10 Today Tina and Jack are tired because yesterday they 1 2 3 4 5 These days there are houses here but a hundred years ago there 6 7 8 9 PAGE 20+ TENSES: PAST in bed all day. just a shop assistant last year'B Mary spent last weekend in Madrid. Ask her some questions using was or were. > (your hoteligood?) 2208 ae 4 (your room/comfortable?) 2 (the weatherinice?) 3 (the streetsful of people?) 4 the shopsvexpensive?) 5 (the ctylexcting at night?) 8 (the museumsfinteresting?) 7 (the peoplationdly?) 8 (your fightlOK2) © Goorge and Sally have been married for fifty years. They are talking about their first house. Use wasn't or weren't with George's word and was or were with one word from the box to complete their conversation. new Italian big green cheap cold _bad > George: The house was warm. Sally” No, lt waer's warm, was cold 41 George: The garden was small Sally: No, i 2 Sally. The neighbours were French. George: No, they : 3. George: The living-room was red. Sally: No, it . 4 Sally: Our first chairs were expensive, George: No, they ° 5 George: The kitchen was old. Sally: No, it... Ss 6 George: The local shops were good. Sally: No, they Put was, wasn't, were or weren't in the gaps in these conversations. Peter: (p).N9°........ Paul at work today? Julie: No, he (1), in the office. | think he’s sick. Henry: (2)...casete YOu in South America last year? Stove: Yes. | (3) ._ in Bolivia on business, and then my wife and | (4).... in Brazil for a holiday. Paula: Philip and | (5)... at home in London last week. We (6). Mike's house in Cornwall It was lovely there. Do you know Mike? ane: YeS, 1 (7)ossecssnsans at Mike's party in Oxford in the summer. (8). you there? Paula: No, we weren't there. Philip and | (9) in Portugal in the summer.11. Past Continuous | We form the Past Continuous like this: 2 Look at this example: ‘A: What were you doing at seven o'clock last night? B: I was driving home from work. Driving 6.30 7.00 7415 vas living in Japan in 2001. (1 lived there from 1999 to 2003.) ‘We use the Past Continuous for an action or that was in progress ata particular time in the past (eg. at seven p.m. in 2001) 3. Now look at this: Wien I walked into the room, Ann was writing postcards and Keith was reading ‘We use the Past Simple (walked) fora completed action. We use the Past Continuous (was writing) for an action in progress inthe past. 4. We can use when or while before the Past Continuous: met her when/while we were working for the same company: (when = during the time) We can only use when (Nor while) before the Past Simple: When I met her, we were working forthe same company: (when = at the tine) ee Lr A Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets () into the Past Continuous. > It was. onowin He .... (snow) when | left home this morning. vied to explain my problem to her, but she .. (talk) on the phone when | arrived, (wait) for the 7.30 bus last night. (nottisten), I (live) in London when | met them. 1 zi 3. Alot of people 4 5 I nearly had an accident this morning. A car I moved quickly out of the way. 6 Atthe end of the first half of the game, they ......, 7 twas a sunny afternoon and people Then it suddenly started to rain. ‘8 Which hotel .. 9 Fortunately, | in front of me. PAGE 24 « TENSES: PAST .. (come) towards me, but eves (wi), (Gil) on the grass in the park. (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? (noVdrive) too fast when the child walked into the road10 | looked out of the window, and I saw that it 11 What . (notrain) any more. ._ (youldo) at three o'clock yesterday afternoon? B Describe what the people in the picture were doing when Rick came into the room. Use the correct verb from the box in the Past Continuous. brush watch read listen write eat paint sit play . a newspaper 4 Julie ‘a sandwich 5 Barbara letter. 2 Sue and Liz table tennis. 6 Rita .. her hair 3 Frank .. television. 7 Alison to some music. 4 Caroline . onthe flooc 8 Ann a picture. © Look at this information about Shirley and Kevin and complete the sentences about them, using the Past Continuous (! was doing) or the Past Simple (/ did). SHRLEY KEVIN 1980-86 ved in New York 1982-90 lived in Washington 1983-86 studied at university 1983-85 did a course in Computing 1986 loft university 1985~1990 worked as a computer operator 1986-90 worked as a translator 1989 met Shirley 1989 met Kevin 1990-1995 ran his own company 1992 married Kevin 1992 married Shirley > In 1982 Shirley wae ving in New York 1 In 1984 Kevin in Washington, 2 In 1984 Shirley at university, 3 In 1984 Kevin .. @ course in computing, 4 When Shirley university in 1986, Kevin as a computer operator. 5 When Kevin -. Shirley, she ...... as a translator 6 While Shirley as a translator, she Kevin 7 In 1992 Kevin his own company. 8 While he... . his own company, Kevin ... ShirleyIncludes material from Units 12 and 13. Se ee iP ae 08100" @o/ eercaes ie /bet 08.30 have / teakist have bwoskast 8.00. walk stot 90/ shoot cat 11.00 play / octal ats 13.00 prepa / sled /unch buy hamburger ch 1700 oo) 10kmnn have est 19.00 —_play/computer game ay compute pane 1 Use the information to complete the sentences about Fit Sid and Fat Jack in the past continuous Yesterday, at (08.00, Sid was doing exerzises and dack was lying in bed. (08.30, both Sid and Jack 7.00 11.00 13.00 17.00 19.00 2.0 2 Use the prompts to make a question. Then write a short answer, Sid /tie (bed /08.00 Was Sid tying in bed at 08.00 bb they / have / breakfast (08,30 Jack /g0 / schoo! | 09.00 «Jack / play J football /11.00 © you / prepare / salad / 13.00 f Sia frun (17.00 9 they fateh | TV /19.00 rv /20.00 No, he. wasn’t you / watch / @ past continuous (2)Exercises Unit 13 13.1 Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? And, what were they doing? Write two sentences for each picture. Ye oD)? SO? 7 Bl esad 7 ian L Y racist | sek Kate rmucer | AMANDARS HALL 2 home aethe cinema | in hincar atte sion | inthe park weet | watch ive vita in | wale 1 Rachel was. at home, She. was. watching TV. 2 Jack and Kate They 3 Tim 4 6 And you? 1 13.2 Sarah did a lot of things yesterday morning. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. 7:10-7:25 [730-810 [830-900 | 1 ArB.45_..2he.mas, washing her car. 2 AC 105 she » ie 3 hover 9.20 10.00 | 105-1145 | 12.00— 12.45] 4 At 1210 It 5 ALTA 6 Ar9.30 13.3 Complete the questions. Use was/were ~ing. Use what/where/why if necessary. \_ Goalie) Woe nee gg THE) (Tn Kondon (you/do) at 2 o'clock? was asleep, {iv/nin) when you got up? (Sue/drive) vo fist? (Cim/weat) sult yesterday? Noy it was sunny, [Because she wa late [No,a Tshirt and jeans 13.4 Look at the picture. You saw Joe in the street yesterday afternoon. What was he doing? Write positive or negative sentences. 1 (wear / ajacker) He. wasylt weaving a jacket 2 (earry / a bag) 3 (go / to the dentist) 4 (eat / an ice-cream) 5 (carry / an umbrel) 6 (Go/ home) 7 (wear / a hat) B ide / a bicycle) 37