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Past Simple and There was/there were

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She ............ in Paris in 2014.

a)

IS

b)

ARE

c)

WAS

2.

They ................ at home yesterday. Nobody opened the door.

a)

WAS

b)

WEREN'T

c)

WERE

3.

Sophia .......... in the park on Saturday afternoon.

a)

WAS

b)

IS

c)

WERE

4.

Tom ............. at Peter's house yesterday.

a)

IS

b)

WERE

c)

WAS

5.

Mom and Dad .......... at home last night.

a)

WERE

b)

WAS

c)

ARE

6.

Alison and Kate ............. late for school yesterday.

a)

IS

b)

WERE

c)

WAS

7.

............. you at the office yesterday morning?

a)

WAS

b)

ARE

c)

WERE

8.

Was Marilyn Monroe a famous actress?

a)

Yes, she is.

b)

Yes, she was.

c)

Yes, she wasn't.

9.

'....... Abraham Lincoln and George Washington presidents of the USA? 'Yes, they .............. '

a)

WERE / WEREN'T

b)

WERE / WERE

c)

ARE / AREN'T

10.

'........ Thomas Edison a singer?' 'No, he ......... . He .............. an inventor'.

a)

WAS / WAS / WAS

b)

WAS / WASN'T / WAS

c)

WAS / WAS / WASN'T

11.

'Why .......... you sad this morning?'

a)

WAS

b)

WASN'T

c)

WERE

12.

There ....... a cinema in the street thirty years ago.

a)

IS

b)

WAS

c)

WERE

13.

......... there a museum here ten years ago?

a)

IS

b)

WERE

c)

WAS

14.

2. (A) How old … you last year?

I … twenty years old.

a)

a) were / were

b)

b) were / was

c)

c) was / were

15.

3. (A) Where … Tom last night?

(B) He … at home.

a)

a) was / were

b)

b) were / were

c)

c) was / was

16.

4. The bus was late, so Alex and Sam … also late for class this morning.

a)

a) were

b)

b) was

c)

c) weren’t

17.

5. (A) Were you sick last week?

(B) No, I ….

a)

a) weren’t

b)

b) were

c)

c) wasn’t

18.

6. (A) … Maria here an hour ago?

(B) Yes, she was.

a)

a) Were

b)

b) Was

c)

c) Weren’t

19.

7. I’m a teacher now, but I … a student in 2015.

a)

a) am

b)

b) was

c)

c) were

20.

8. We had a great time at the party.

It … lots of fun.

a)

a) was

b)

b) were

c)

c) is

21.

9. My friend and I … at the library yesterday afternoon.

a)

a) wasn’t

b)

b) was

c)

b) were

22.

10. Where did you go on the weekend?

Why … you at home?

a)

a) wasn’t

b)

b) were

c)

c) weren’t

23.

11. Cathy is a police officer now, but she … a pilot last year.

a)

a) was

b)

b) weren’t

c)

c) is

24.

13. That movie … really funny! I laughed all night!

a)

a) were

b)

b) wasn’t

c)

c) was

25.

14. I thought the cookies … delicious, so I ate six of them!

a)

a) was

b)

b) were

c)

c) weren’t

26.

15. There … nothing I could do, so I asked for help.

a)

a) was

b)

b) wasn’t

c)

c) were

27.

16. Our science teacher said that some dinosaurs … huge.

a)

a) was

b)

b) are

c)

c) were

28.

choose the correct option:

a)

there was a bat.

b)

there were bats.

29.

there ..... a black spider.

a)

was

b)

were

30.

there .... a pumpkin.

a)

were

b)

was

31.

there.... four windows in the haunted house.

a)

were

b)

was

32.

.....a black cat.

a)

there was

b)

there were

33.

....an abandoned house in the forest

a)

There was

b)

There were

34.

....five vampires.

a)

There was

b)

There were

35.

choose the correct option:

a)

there wasn't a cat

b)

there was a cat

36.

choose the correct option:

a)

there was a full moon

b)

there wasn't a full moon

37.

there were two ghosts.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

there were three mummies.

a)

true

b)

flase

39.
There ..... a strange light in the road last night.
a)
isn't
b)
aren't
c)
was
d)
were
40.
There ...... any people in the subway yesterday.
a)
isn't
b)
is
c)
wasn't
d)
weren't
41.

There ...... a lot of food on the table.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

is

d)

are

42.
a)
There was a super hero in the stadium
b)
There was a superhero in the city
c)
There were superheroes 
d)
There were superheroes in the city 
43.

_________________________ any zebras

a)

There was

b)

There were

c)

There wasn't

d)

There weren't

44.

_________________________ two monkeys

a)

There was

b)

There were

c)

There wasn't

d)

There weren't

45.

_________________________ a bird

a)

There was

b)

There were

c)

There wasn't

d)

There weren't

46.
There ...... any people in the subway yesterday.
a)
isn't
b)
is
c)
wasn't
d)
weren't
47.
There ...... nobody at the classroom.
a)
were
b)
was
c)
weren't
d)
wasn't
48.
There ...... any empty chairs!
a)
was
b)
were
c)
wasn't
d)
weren't
49.
There ...... a lot of traffic yesterday afternoon.
a)
was
b)
wasn't
c)
were
d)
weren't
50.
Last Sunday, there ...... some people at Chapultepec's park.
a)
wasn't
b)
weren't
c)
was
d)
were