Complete with the correct past form of the verb to be (affirmative o negative).

1. ________ the weather fine last week?

2. He _______ at home yesterday evening. He went to the cinema.
3. __________ you in England last year?
4. They ________ in France last summer. They visited Italy.
5. Where ______ Dan and Simon yesterday?
6. I ______ very tired yesterday because my Friends and I went running in the morning.
7. What _____ the weather like last weekend? ______ it cold? Yes, it __________ hot at all.
8. The children _____ awake early this morning so I could sleep until 10.
9. They _____ tired after the journey. It ________ a long one.
10. Our first house _____ in the centre of town, but now we live in the country.
11. _____ you at school on Friday? No, I _________. I ___________ at home.
12. The first exam _________ easy, but the second one ________.
13. John __________ the first person at the party, Tom arrived first
14. We _______on holiday two weeks ago. We went to Ireland.
15. My grandparents ________ in Paris in 2000. Then they move to Liverpool.
16. My children ________ at the birthday party last Saturday, they _________ ill.
17. _________ your parents angry yesterday? No, they _______.
18. A: _______ you at the cinema on Saturday?
B: I _______ with my friends. We saw
The Hunger games.
19. John and I _____ late for school this morning, the teacher came later tan us.
20. There __________ any information about the accident on the newspaper.
21. Where _______ your sister a minute ago? She _______ in the kitchen.
22. How many books ________ there on the shelf? There _______ only one.
23. There _______ any milk in the fridge.
24. The people ________ at the funfair, they _________ at the beach.
25. I _______ born in Santander in 1964.
26. Greta Garbo _________ a waitress, she __________ an actress
27. The Flintstones ______ prehistoric cartoons.
28. The first films ______ in colour. They ______ in black and white.
29. Christmas ______ six months ago.
30. My friends and I _____ at the cinema yesterday.
31. _______ you at home last night? No, we ________. We ________ at a play. It _______ quite
boring because the actors ________ very good.
32. When ____ your brother in Dublin? He _____ in April.
33. Where ____ Kate yesterday afternoon? She ____ at the shopping centre.
34. My friends ______ (not) at school all day.
35. _______ there any homework yesterday? There _________ any
36. __________ some oranges on the shelf

PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense Past Simple or Past
Continuous.

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.

2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
suddenly it _________ (start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her.

B: ____________________

(she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he
____________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I
____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
B: I dont remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my European tour
and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met
them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our
favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________
(discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock __________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come)
to school?

17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________
(finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this
exercise?
20.- Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).