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Past and Present Tense Exercises

Gary was in bed, Jack and Kate were at the cinema, and Sue was at the train station at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The document provides exercises on using the past tense forms of be (was/were) including filling in blanks, forming questions, and identifying whether statements were true or false in the past. The solution identifies the correct past tense form of be for each blank and answers the questions about various people's locations and activities at different times in the past.

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Past and Present Tense Exercises

Gary was in bed, Jack and Kate were at the cinema, and Sue was at the train station at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The document provides exercises on using the past tense forms of be (was/were) including filling in blanks, forming questions, and identifying whether statements were true or false in the past. The solution identifies the correct past tense form of be for each blank and answers the questions about various people's locations and activities at different times in the past.

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UNIT 10

Exercises
10.1 Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon?

1. Gary was in bed


2 Jack and Kate
___________________
3 Sue___________________________

4. ______________________________
5 _______________________________
6 And you? I
______________________

10.2. Write am/is/are (present) or was/were (past).


1. Last year she___was____22, so she____is_____23 now.
2. Today the weather _____________ nice, but yesterday it ____________very
cold.
3. I_____________ hungry. Can I have something to eat?
4. I feel fine this morning, but I _______________very tired last night.
5. Where ______________you at 11 o'clock last Friday morning?
6. Don't buy those shoes. They _______________very expensive.
7. I like your new jacket. _________________it expensive?
8 This time last year I _________________in Paris.
9. 'Where ___________the children?' 'I don't know. They _____________here
a few minutes ago.'
10.3. Write was/were or wasn't/weren't
1. We weren't happy with the hotel. Our room was very small and
it wasnt clean.
2. Mark ____________at work last week because he __________ill. He's
better now.
3 Yesterday ____________a public holiday, so the banks_________ closed.
They're open today.
4. _____________Kate and Bill at the party?' 'Kate __________there, but
Bill____________'
5. Where are my keys?' 'I don't know. They ____________on the table, but
they're not there now.

6 You __________________at home last night. Where _______________you?

10.4. Write questions from these words + was/were. Put the


words in the right order.

1. (late / you / this morning /


why?)

.
2. (difficult / your exam?)

.
3. (last week / where / Sue and
Chris?)

.
4. (your new camera / how
much?)

.
5. (angry / you / yesterday /
why?)

The traffic was bad.


No, it was easy.
They were on holiday.
Sixty pounds.
Because you were late.

Solution Unit 10 (Was/Were)


10.1
1- Gary was in bed
2. Jack and kate were at the cinema
3.sue was at the train station
4.Mr and Mrs hall were in the restaurant
5.Ben was in the beach
6. I was doing my homework in the morning
10.2
1.was, is
2.is, was
3.am
4.was
5.were
6.are
7.is
8.was
9.are, were

10.3
2.wasn't , was
3.was, were
4.were, was, wasn't
5.were
6.weren't , were
10.4
1.Why were you late this morning ?
2.Your exam was difficult ?
3.Where were sue and chris last week ?
4.How much was your new camera ?
5.Why you was angry yesterday ?

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