The document provides an exercise on using the simple past tense (was/were) in English. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions testing use of was and were in sentences describing events in the past. Topics include weather, locations, emotions, and an interview about someone's experience during World War 1. The answers key is provided to check understanding.

1. Arkadaşlar Simple Past Tense ( Geçmiş Zaman ) ile ilgili ilk
bölüm alıştırmalar aşağıdadır. Konusunun pekişmesi için İlk
olarak ‘’ was / were ‘’ konusundan başlayalım.
Kolay gelsin…
A) Boşlukları '' was / were '' ile doldurunuz. ( Fiil in the blanks with '' was / were ''. )
1. Hasan and Salim ................... ill yesterday.
2. The weather .......................very cold last Friday.
3. The people from my town ........................at the cinema last night.
4. Ketty ...................in Italy last winter.
5. My father and I .........................at the football stadium on Sunday.
6. He..............excited when he heard the news.
7. It.............an interesting book.
B) ''Was ‘’ ya da ‘’ Were '' doğru olanı seçiniz. (Choose '' was '' or '' were ''.)
1. I was / were a fireman.
2. They was / were happy.
3. Was / were he happy?
4. You were / was at the theatre.
5. It was / were cheap.
6. She was / were crazy about reading books.
7. Were / Was they your father and mother?

2. C) '' Was / Were '' kullanarak Past Simple Tense ' de cümleler yapınız. ( Make
sentences using ‘’ was / were ‘’. )
1. You / not / at work / yesterday.
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2. I / ill / last morning.
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3. It / rainy / yesterday.
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4. We / in the park / this morning.
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5. Tom / afraid of / the spiders.
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6. Susan / very tired / at the end of the day.
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7. Our house / not / big / when I was a child.
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8. There / a lot of students / in the class.
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9. They / not / very friendly.
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10. you / tired / last morning ?
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11. he / in the south Anatolia / last summer ?
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12. The film / interesting / last night?
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13. The customers / very rude.
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14. The plane / late / again?
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15. There / not / any / apples / in the basket.
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3. D) Görüşmeyi '' was '' ya da '' were '' ile tamamlayınız. ( Complete the interviw with ''
was '' or '' were ''.)
Interviewer : What.................. it like during the First World War, George?
George : It .................a bad time. I ............... a young soldier in the army. I...............in
Germany.
Interwiver: Where ............. your family?
George: They ........... in Paris. This situation ................. dangerous for them. There .........
flying planes, bombs, tanks and there ............ not enough food. The children ................ very
frightened and my wife .............worried about our future.
Interwiever : How did you handle such times ?
George: Well, I.............. very hopeless at the beginning of the war but we ............
determined. The success came in this way. When the war............over, we met our families.
Despite of these terrible times, all of us........... happy in the end.
Cevaplar / Keys
A) 1. were
2. was
B) 1. was
2. were
3.were
3. was
4.was
5.were
4. were
5. was
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6. was
7.was
7.were
C) 1.You weren't at work yesterday.
2. I was ill last morning.
3. It was rainy yesterday.
4. We were in the park this morning. 5. Tom was afraid of the spiders.
6. Susan was very tired at the end of the day.
7. Our house wasn't big when I was a child.
8. There were a lot of students in the class.
9. They weren't very friendly.
10. Were you tired last morning?
11. He was in the South Anatolia last summer.
12. Was the film interesting last night?
13. The customers were very rude.
14. Was the plane late again?
15. There weren't any apples in the basket.
D ) was / was / was / was / were / was / were / were / were / was / was / were / was / were