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Verb be simple/past

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She ...... at work right now.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

2.

My mother ...... a nurse

a)

are

b)

am

c)

is

3.

I ...... a teacher

a)

isn't

b)

aren't

c)

am not

4.

...... he at school now?

a)

Are

b)

Am

c)

Is

5.

Rachel and I ...... good friends.

a)

be

b)

are

c)

is

6.

She ...... short.

a)

are

b)

am

c)

is

7.

It ...... pretty.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

have

8.

Kate and Alex ...... wonderful.

a)

are

b)

am

c)

is

9.

He ...... smart.

a)

'm not

b)

isn't

c)

aren't

10.

Her dogs ...... crazy.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

am

11.

My new friends ...... Chinese. They are from China

a)

aren't

b)

are

c)

isn't

12.

My manager and I ...... very tired.

a)

are

b)

is

c)

does

13.

My manager and I ...... very tired.

a)

are

b)

is

c)

does

14.

England ...... a large country.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

do

15.

My colleague ...... in the meeting room.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

16.

England ...... a large country.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

do

17.

______ _________ students.

(a)  

18.

_______ _______ a policeman.

(a)  

19.

______ ______ hungry.

(a)  

20.

_________ _________ in the classroom.

(a)  

21.

________ _________ my mother.

(a)  

22.

_______ ______ cloudy today.

(a)  

23.

________ ________ ________ busy right now.

(a)  

24.

_______ _______ ______ a big city.

(a)  

25.

I ______ from Malaysia.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

d)

were

26.

John and Anna are British. They _____ from the UK.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

d)

was

27.

Min Hoo is my friend. He _____ from South Korea.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

d)

were

28.

............ the children in the park?

a)

Am

b)

Is

c)

Are

29.

She ............ my English teacher.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

am

30.

Rocio and I .................. at the cinema.

a)

am not

b)

is not

c)

are not

31.

Where ............ the doctor?

a)

is

b)

am

c)

are

32.

............... he a good soccer player?

a)

Am

b)

Are

c)

Is

33.

My father ............ from Peru, he ............... peruvian.

a)

is - is

b)

is - am

c)

are - is

34.

The apples ............ red, they ............... green.

a)

are - is

b)

aren't - are

c)

am not - are

35.

.............. you from Chile? Yes, I .................

a)

Are - is

b)

Are - am

c)

Am - am

36.

Tony & Jonathan ____ from Mexico.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

37.

Where _______ Mike yesterday?

a)

was

b)

were

c)

is

d)

are

38.

Where was Anna the day before yesterday?

a)

She was at work.

b)

She's was at work.

c)

She were at work.

d)

She weren't at work.

39.

Were Sarah, Megan and Lil in the park last night?

a)

Yes, they were.

b)

Yes, they where.

c)

No, she weren't.

d)

No, they weren't.

40.

______ there any oranges in Bob's breakfast?

a)

Was

b)

Wasn't

c)

Were

d)

Weren't

41.

Who _____ at home last Friday?

a)

were

b)

are

c)

was

d)

is

42.

How many students _______ there in the classroom last Friday?

a)

was

b)

is

c)

were

d)

are

43.

Where was Lily last year?

a)

She were in France.

b)

She's were in France.

c)

She was in France.

d)

She's in France.

44.

Where was Lily last year?

a)

She were in France.

b)

She's were in France.

c)

She was in France.

d)

She's in France.

45.

_____ cold last January?

a)

Is it

b)

Was

c)

Were it

d)

Was it

46.

How was the weather in São Luís last June?

a)

It's raining.

b)

Is rainy.

c)

It's was rainy.

d)

It was rainy.

47.

When ______ your birthday party last year?

a)

were

b)

is

c)

are

d)

was

48.

One of the uses of the Past of Be is to...

a)

...describe people, things and animals in the present.

b)

...describe people, things and animals in the past.

c)

...describe verbs and adjectives in the past.

d)

...describe the universe and beyond.

49.
I ........ tired last week.
a)
was
b)
were
c)
where
d)
weren't
50.
Where ........ you yesterday?
a)
where
b)
were
c)
was
d)
wasn't
51.
William Shakespeare ........ a writer.
a)
were
b)
was
c)
wos
d)
wasn't
52.

The weather ______ cold when we _________ in Berlin.

a)

was , were

b)

were , were

c)

were . was

d)

was , was

53.

We ________ tired because it _______ late at night.

a)

are , is

b)

was , were

c)

was , is

d)

were , was

54.

............ she at the hospital with her dad?

a)

Was

b)

Were

c)

Weren't

d)

Did

55.
Where _____ your parents born?
a)
were
b)
was
c)
did
d)
be
56.
My mother was born ____ 1954.
a)
on
b)
when
c)
from
d)
in
57.

You use the Simple Past for...

a)

...actions that started in the past and end right now.

b)

...actions that didn't start and didn't end in the past.

c)

...actions that started and ended in the past.

d)

...actions that are happening right now.

58.

Can you use the Simple Past for actions that happened in the past and will possibly happen in the future?

a)

No.

b)

Yes.

c)

It depends on how you conjugate the verb.

d)

I don't think so, but I can try.

59.

1. READ AND CHOOSE:


I am not a nurse.

a)

affirmative form - past

b)

negative form - past

c)

negative form - present

d)

affirmative form - present

60.

2. READ AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:


They weren't children.

a)

affirmative form - present

b)

negative form - present

c)

affirmative form - past

d)

negative form - past

61.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT QUESTION

SHE WAS WITH HER MOTHER.

a)

WHERE WAS SHE WITH?

b)

WHO WAS SHE WITH?

c)

WHEN WAS SHE WITH?

62.

HOW OLD WAS YOU MOTHER LAST YEAR?

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

63.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT QUESTION

a)

WHEN WERE HIS BIRTHDAY?

b)

WHY WAS YOUR SISTER HAPPY YESTERDAY?

c)

WHERE WERE YOUR AUNT SAD?

64.

CHOOSE THE INCORRECT QUESTION

a)

WHERE WERE YOU?

b)

WHEN WAS YOUR TEACHER THREE HOURS AGO?

c)

WHY WERE THAT CHILD ANGRY?

65.

IS IT CORRECT?


HOW WAS YOUR PARTY YESTERDAY?

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

66.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER


WHERE WAS SHE?

a)

BECAUSE SHE WAS SICK

b)

AT 2 P.M.

c)

IN THE PARK

67.

HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN THE POOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON?

a)

INCORRECT

b)

CORRECT

68.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT QUESTION.

THE ANSWER IS THE UNDERLINE WORDS


MARY WAS IN THE LIBRARY LAST MONTH.

a)

WHO WAS SHE WITH?

b)

WHEN WAS SHE IN THE LIBRARY?

c)

WHERE WERE SHE YESTERDAY?

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