WorksheetsPast Simple and There was/there were
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
She ............ in Paris in 2014.
IS
ARE
WAS
They ................ at home yesterday. Nobody opened the door.
WAS
WEREN'T
WERE
Sophia .......... in the park on Saturday afternoon.
WAS
IS
WERE
Tom ............. at Peter's house yesterday.
IS
WERE
WAS
Mom and Dad .......... at home last night.
WERE
WAS
ARE
Alison and Kate ............. late for school yesterday.
IS
WERE
WAS
............. you at the office yesterday morning?
WAS
ARE
WERE
Was Marilyn Monroe a famous actress?
Yes, she is.
Yes, she was.
Yes, she wasn't.
'....... Abraham Lincoln and George Washington presidents of the USA? 'Yes, they .............. '
WERE / WEREN'T
WERE / WERE
ARE / AREN'T
'........ Thomas Edison a singer?' 'No, he ......... . He .............. an inventor'.
WAS / WAS / WAS
WAS / WASN'T / WAS
WAS / WAS / WASN'T
'Why .......... you sad this morning?'
WAS
WASN'T
WERE
There ....... a cinema in the street thirty years ago.
IS
WAS
WERE
......... there a museum here ten years ago?
IS
WERE
WAS
2. (A) How old … you last year?
I … twenty years old.
a) were / were
b) were / was
c) was / were
3. (A) Where … Tom last night?
(B) He … at home.
a) was / were
b) were / were
c) was / was
4. The bus was late, so Alex and Sam … also late for class this morning.
a) were
b) was
c) weren’t
5. (A) Were you sick last week?
(B) No, I ….
a) weren’t
b) were
c) wasn’t
6. (A) … Maria here an hour ago?
(B) Yes, she was.
a) Were
b) Was
c) Weren’t
7. I’m a teacher now, but I … a student in 2015.
a) am
b) was
c) were
8. We had a great time at the party.
It … lots of fun.
a) was
b) were
c) is
9. My friend and I … at the library yesterday afternoon.
a) wasn’t
b) was
b) were
10. Where did you go on the weekend?
Why … you at home?
a) wasn’t
b) were
c) weren’t
11. Cathy is a police officer now, but she … a pilot last year.
a) was
b) weren’t
c) is
13. That movie … really funny! I laughed all night!
a) were
b) wasn’t
c) was
14. I thought the cookies … delicious, so I ate six of them!
a) was
b) were
c) weren’t
15. There … nothing I could do, so I asked for help.
a) was
b) wasn’t
c) were
16. Our science teacher said that some dinosaurs … huge.
a) was
b) are
c) were
choose the correct option:
there was a bat.
there were bats.
there ..... a black spider.
was
were
there .... a pumpkin.
were
was
there.... four windows in the haunted house.
were
was
.....a black cat.
there was
there were
....an abandoned house in the forest
There was
There were
....five vampires.
There was
There were
choose the correct option:
there wasn't a cat
there was a cat
choose the correct option:
there was a full moon
there wasn't a full moon
there were two ghosts.
true
false
there were three mummies.
true
flase
There ...... a lot of food on the table.
was
were
is
are
_________________________ any zebras
There was
There were
There wasn't
There weren't
_________________________ two monkeys
There was
There were
There wasn't
There weren't
_________________________ a bird
There was
There were
There wasn't
There weren't
