WAS OR WERE – EXERCISE

Fill in was or were into the gaps. If there is a (-) use the negation (wasn’t or weren’t). 1. Last year my best friend wasn’t 22 years old. 2. The weather wasn’t  cold when we weren’t in Berlin. 3. Why were you so angry yesterday? 4. At this time last year Sandra wasn’t in Paris. 5. We weren’t tired because it — late at night. 6. Tim wasn’t asleep at ten o’clock yesterday. (-) 7. Our hotel last year wasn’t small, but it was very clean. 8. I phoned you at the weekend, but you wasn’t at home. (-) 9. My dad wasn’t at work the whole week, because he was ill. (-) 10. The shops was open yesterday, but we didn’t go there. 11. My friends weren’t at the shopping mall two days ago. 12. Claire and I weren’t at school last Monday. (-) 13.  Liam wasn’t at home when you came back from work? 14. They didn’t tell where they weren’t on May 2nd. 15. Autumn wasn’t  really warm and dry this year. 16. When Tom wasn’t a child, he wasn’t afraid of dogs. 17. There weren’t a good movie on TV at prime time. (-) 18. My daughters weren’t in the USA two years ago. 19. She wasn’t at home when they broke into her house. (-) 20. What weren’t your biggest success as professional

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PROGRESSIVE

Present Progressive or Present Simple? Complete with the correct tense. 1. I never dream of ghosts. (dream) 2. Tom learn English at school. (learn) 3. Listen! Ann playing the piano. (play) 4. What are you doing? I making a model plane. (make) 5. Can you help me? No, sorry, I looking after the baby. (look after) 6. Mum always drinks coffee in the afternoon. (drink) 7. Where is mum? She cooking dinner. (cook) 8. Who ? This is Mr Blackwell speaking. (speak) 9. We often have eggs for breakfast. (have) 10. What are you doing? I learning for my English test. (learn) 11. Tom cleaning his bike at the moment. (clean) 12. He visits his uncle every Wednesday. (visit) 13. What are you doing? I watching TV. (watch) 14. Today it not raining (not rain), the sun shining (shine). 15. They sometimes go to the cinema on Sundays. (go)

PAST SIMPLE

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below. clean – die – enjoy – end – happen – live – open – play – rain – repair – start – stay – want – watch 1. Yesterday evening I watched TV. 2. I only cleaned my teeth four times last week. 3. Bruce repaired his mountain bike yesterday evening. 4. The concert last night started at 7.30 and ended at 10 o’clock. 5. The accident happened last Sunday afternoon. 6. When I was a child I wanted to be a lawyer. 7. Mozart lived from 1756 to 1791. 8. We enjoyed our holiday last week. 9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it rained. 10. It was hot in the room, so I opened the window. 11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we played tennis. 12. William Shakespeare died in 1616.