“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
“Independencia Americana”
TACNA
“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
“Independencia Americana”
TACNA
“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
“Independencia Americana”
TACNA
“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
“Independencia Americana”
TACNA
Worksheet: There Was / There Were – Natural Disasters
Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________ Grade: __________
Use THERE WAS (singular) and THERE WERE (plural) to talk about things or people that
existed in the past.
1. Reading
Last year, there was a powerful earthquake in the city of Valparaíso. There were many
damaged buildings and there were thousands of people who needed help. After the
earthquake, there was a big tsunami alert, but fortunately, there were no huge waves.
🔸 Underline all the sentences with THERE WAS or THERE WERE.
2. Choose THERE WAS or THERE WERE
1. In 2017, ______ a massive hurricane in Puerto Rico.
2. After the hurricane, ______ serious floods in many cities.
3. During the forest fire, ______ a lot of smoke in the air.
4. During the fire, ______ many firefighters working together.
5. Last winter, ______ heavy snowfall in the mountains.
6. Unfortunately, ______ enough food for everyone at first.
3. Correct the Mistakes
Rewrite the sentences with the correct form.
• There were a big earthquake last night.
________________________________________________________.
• There was many rescue teams in the area.
________________________________________________________.
• There were an enormous tornado in the countryside.
________________________________________________________.
• There was hundreds of people without electricity.
________________________________________________________.
• There were a powerful tsunami warning.
________________________________________________________.
“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
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• Past Simple Worksheet: Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative
Sentences
Grammar Rules – Past Simple
We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that happened in the past (yesterday, last week,
in 2020, etc.).
Regular Verbs: Add **-ed** to the base form of the verb.
Example: play → played / cook → cooked
Irregular Verbs: They have a different past form.
Example: go → went / eat → ate
Affirmative: Subject + past verb
→ She watched a movie.
→ They went to the park.
Negative: Subject + did not (didn't) + base verb
→ She didn't watch a movie.
→ They didn't go to the park.
Interrogative: Did + subject + base verb?
→ Did she watch a movie?
→ Did they go to the park?
1. Complete the sentences with the correct past form
1. I __________ (visit) my grandparents last weekend.
2. She __________ (go) to the market yesterday.
3. We __________ (not/play) soccer in the afternoon.
4. They __________ (study) for the exam.
5. He __________ (not/eat) breakfast this morning.
6. __________ you __________ (watch) the movie last night?
7. My brother __________ (break) his phone.
8. __________ they __________ (travel) to Spain last year?
2. Write the sentences in NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE form
1. She played the guitar.
→ Negative: _________________________________
→ Interrogative: _____________________________
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2. They saw a lion at the zoo.
→ Negative: _________________________________
→ Interrogative: _____________________________
3. He cooked dinner.
→ Negative: _________________________________
→ Interrogative: _____________________________
4. We met new friends.
→ Negative: _________________________________
→ Interrogative: _____________________________
5. I studied English yesterday.
→ Negative: _________________________________
→ Interrogative: _____________________________
3. Order the words to make sentences.
“Año de la recuperación y consolidación de la economía peruana”
Institución Educativa Privada
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