1. PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS:
Yesterday/the previous day/last/ago
I/HE/SHE/IT WAS
YOU/WE/THEY WERE
1 Fill the gaps with was/wasn’t/were/weren’t
Peter: Where ________ you last
summer, Sally? In Italy?
Sally: No, I _________ in Italy. I ______ in Brighton.
Peter: _________ you alone?
Sally: No, I __________. I ________
with my parents. We stayed at
‘The Beach Inn Hotel’.
Peter: Wow! _______ it nice?
Sally: Yes, it _______ lovely. There _______ a
tennis court, there ________ two swimming pools,
there _________ a very good restaurant and there
_________ two cafés.
Peter: Oh! That sounds great!
_________ the restaurant good?
Sally: Yes, it _________.
Peter: and what _________ the rooms like?
________ they nice and comfortable?
Sally: Yes, there _________. And they
_________ big!
There ________ a mini bar and
there _________ a big television
set, flat screen but there _________ a CD player.
Peter: ________ there a DVD player in the room?
Sally: No, there __________.
Peter: And _________ the weather nice?
Sally: It __________ bad. In fact, it ________ ok
because it only rained one day. The temperature
_________ mild, it _________
too hot so I enjoyed it.
Peter: I’m so glad.
Sally: Oh dear, it’s late now. I must go now or I’ll
be late. I’ll call you tomorrow.
Peter: Ok. Call me at eleven.
Have a great day.
2 Underline the correct option.
Inspector: So, Murray.
Where was/were you last Sunday?
Murray: I was/were at home, Sir.
Inspector: Was/were you alone?
Murray: No, Sir. My wife and my son was/were
there as well.
Inspector: Who else was/were there?
Murray: Nobody else, Sir. Just my wife and my
son.
Inspector: Mmmm… There was/were a robbery
on Sunday night and someone told me you
was/were near the jewelry that night.
Murray: What jewelry do you mean, Sir?
Inspector: Harrison Jewelry in the High Street.
Murray: but I wasn’t/weren’t there on Sunday,
Sir. You can ask my wife.
Inspector: Sure. Then tell me, why
wasn’t/weren’t you at home that night?
Murray: I was/were!
Inspector: No, you wasn’t/weren’t! I want you
to come tomorrow to the police station.
Murray: Why, Sir?
Inspector: There’s a recording I want you to
watch. In case you don’t know, there are cams
all over the place. That man was/were you!
Murray: Wait a second. Was/were that man tall
or quite short?
Inspector: He was/were very tall. 6’4.
Murray: That man wasn’t/weren’t me,
inspector.
Inspector: Who was/were it then?
Murray stood up. He was only 5’4 tall!
Murray: It was/were my twin brother, Harry
and I can prove it. My twin is
much taller than me.
Inspector: Oh dear! Wrong again.
Murray: Good bye, inspector.
