The document contains a series of exercises to practice using the past tense forms of "to be" (was/were) in English sentences. Students are prompted to fill in blanks with either "was" or "were" to complete sentences describing various situations in the past. The exercises cover a wide range of scenarios involving people's locations, characteristics, activities, possessions, and more using simple present and past tense forms.

1. Was / were
Exercises
Complete the sentences with was / were.
1. How many people __________ at your house last weekend?
2. The book wasn´t difficult It __________ easy.
3. Those __________ my best jeans.
4. Dinosaurs __________ prehistoric animals.
5. __________ your friends at school yesterday?
6. Sandra __________ not at school yesterday.
7. You __________ nasty to me!
8. __________ your grandparents designers.
9. John and I __________ in the garden.
10. __________ your parents in the restaurant?
Yes, they __________ .
11. My grandmother __________ a nurse. She wasn´t a doctor.
12. I __________ thin when I was 6 years old.
13. When I __________ younger, I played with teddy bears.
14. We __________ away on vacation last month.
15. __________ you at the cinema last night?
16. Ten years ago, I __________ a baby.
17. __________ the exam difficult?
18. The film __________ (not) exciting. It was boring.

2. 19. __________ there many people at the party?
20. __________ the girls in the park? No, they __________ .
21. Her name wasn´t Kate. It __________ Isabel.
22. Paco wasn´t happy. He __________ sad.
23. __________ the boys at the football game?
Yes, they __________ .
24. The books __________ (not) on the shelf.
They were in the bookcase.
25. __________ Tom at a concert? Yes, he __________ .
Complete the sentences with was / were.
1. It wasn´t my dad´s birthday on Sunday, it __________
on Saturday.
2. The exercises weren´t easy, they __________ difficult.
3. My grandfather wasn´t a writer, he __________ a composer.
4. My cousins weren´t at the park, they __________ at the cinema.
5. Last night I wasn´t at home, I __________ at a party.
6. __________ the weather good yesterday?
7. What __________ your first class this morning?
8. __________ her sister at the party.
9. Who __________ his favourite film star?
10. Where __________ you last night?

3. 11. __________ they interested in rap music?
12. Where __________ you yesterday?
13. I __________ (not) at home last night.
14. __________ your teacher at school? No, she __________ .
15. Why __________ (not) Marta at school?
16. We __________ (not) at a party last week.
17. __________ you at a concert last night?
18. The students __________ in London last summer.
19. __________ it sunny yesterday?
20. __________ Meg at the library? No, she __________ .
21. The Beatles__________ a pop group.
22. __________ your teacher ill yesterday?
23. We __________ at a party last week.
24. My mum __________ (not) at work yesterday.
25. __________ you cold last night?
Complete the sentences with was / were.
1. It __________ six o´clock when we got home.
2. __________ you still in bed when I phoned?
3. Edison __________ a famous inventor.
4. The weather __________ fine this morning.
5. He __________ sick yesterday.
6. Beethoven __________ a German composer.

4. 7. There __________ a lot of people at our party yesterday.
8. Don´t blame him. It __________ my mistake.
9. He __________ not well yesterday.
10. __________ you at the party yesterday?
11. Sam __________ second in the race, __________ she?
12. Jack __________ (not) in London.
13. We __________ on the same school team.
14. Betty __________ (not) at the cinema.
15. We __________ the champions last year.
16. Victoria __________ (not) in the UK.
17. Mom and Dad __________ on vacation last week.
18. Sally and Mark __________ (not) at home.
19. There __________ a small lake here many years ago.
20. There __________ any clouds in the sky.
21. My friend __________ ill yesterday.
22. They __________ third in the race.
23. Mom __________ angry when she saw the broken vase.
24. The Romans __________ brave soldiers.
25. It __________ very wet on Monday.
Complete the sentences with was / were.
1. Picasso __________ a great artist.
2. She __________ (not) at home, she was at school.
3. __________ you at the park? Yes, I __________ .

5. 4. Bill Gates __________ a student at Harvard University.
5. I __________ in bed at 9 o´clock this morning.
6. The math questions __________ (not) easy, they were difficult.
7. She __________ reading in bed at 11 o´clock last night.
8. The room __________ (not) big, it was small.
9. __________ it sunny yesterday?
10. Einstein __________ a great mathematician.
11. __________ English you favourite subject last year?
12. It __________ (not) cold, it was hot.
13. I __________ with my friends in the park.
14. The English exam __________ (not) difficult, it was OK.
15. Alexander __________ in a cinema in Oxford.
16. __________ it a good film?
17. Lamberto __________ with his family in Norway.
18. __________ they at home? No they __________ .
19. __________ your friends in Málaga? Yes, they __________ .
20. __________ you a good student last year? Yes, I __________ .
21. Silvia and her sister __________ at the zoo.
22. John and Teresa __________ on holiday in France.
23. __________ your sister at home? Yes, she __________ .
24. __________ famous people always good at school?
No, they __________ .
25. __________ Antonio Banderas in Málaga last summer?