MY NAME IS: ROSSEL FRANKLIN CONDORI MAMANI
9B Grammar simple past: be
a Complete the conversations with was, wasn’t, were, or weren’t.
1 A 1Were you out with your friends last night?
wasn't
B No, I 2 .
were
A Where 3 you?
was
B I 4 at work.
weren't at work. You 6
A You 5 were with Jane.
was
B Well, it 7 her birthday.
2 was
A So tell me about the actress Jamie Lee Curtis. 8 her
mother an actress, too?
was
B Yes, she 9 . was Janet Leigh,
Her mother 10
the star of the movie Psycho.
A 11
was Janet Leigh a tall woman?
wasn't but she 13
B No, she 12 , was very beautiful.
A were Jamie and her mom ever in the same movie?
14
were They 16
B Yes, they 15 . were in a movie called
was
The Fog. Jamie Lee’s father 17 the actor Tony Curtis.
A How interesting!
3 were you late for work today?
A Why 18
was
B I 19 on the bus. It was very slow today.
weren't You 21
A No, you 20 . were at the coffee shop at
nine o’clock. I saw you!
wasn't me! I 23
B That 22 was on the bus, I promise!
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b Practice the conversations with a partner.
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