Positive form | Negative form | Questions | |
Sing. | I was | I was not | Was I? |
You were | You were not | Were you? | |
He, she, it was | He, she, it was not | Was he, she it? | |
Plural | We were | We were not | Were we? |
You were | You were not | Were you? | |
They were | They were not | Were they? |
Positive form | Negative form | Questions | |
Sing. | I had | I did not have | Did I have? |
You had | You did not have | Did you have? | |
He, she, it had | He, she, it did not have | Did he, she it have? | |
Plural | We had | We did not have | Did we have? |
You had | You did not have | Did you have? | |
They had | They did not have | Did they have? |
Positive form | Negative form | Questions | |
Sing. | I worked/ wrote | I did not work/write | Did I work/write? |
You worked/ wrote | You did not work/write | Did you work/write? | |
He, she, it worked/ wrote | He, she, it did not work/write | Did he, she it work/write? | |
Plural | We worked/ wrote | We did not work/write | Did we work? |
You worked/ wrote | You did not work/write | Did you work/write? | |
They worked/ wrote | They did not work/write | Did they work/write? |
№1. Put in was(not)/were(not):
% The weather was not good when we were on holiday.
- We did not like that house. It ___ very old and it ___ large enough.
- Helen got married when she ____ 21 years old.
- I called you yesterday evening but you ___ at home. Where ___ you?
- My son ___ at work last week because he ___ ill. He is better now.
- The shops ___ open yesterday because it ___ a public holiday.
- “___ you at home at 9.30?” No, I ___. I___ at work.
- The hotel ____ too expensive.
- Where ___ you at 10 a.m. yesterday?
№ 2. Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some of the sentences are present and some are past:
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% Last year their son was 26, so he is 27 now.
- Today the weather __ nice, but yesterday it __ cold.
- I ___ cold. Can I have something hot to drink?
- I ___ (be) hungry last night, so I (have) something to eat.
- Where ___ you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?
- Do not buy those shoes. They ___ too expensive.
- Why ___ you so tired yesterday?
- We must go now. It ___ very late.
- This time last year I ___ in England.
- We ___ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.
- Chekhov died in 1904. He ___ a famous Russian writer.
- “Where __ the dogs?” “I do not know. They __in the garden 10 minutes ago”.
*№ 3. Translate into English:
1. Где они были вчера вечером? 2. Почему ты вчера опоздал? 3. Его вчера не было в институте. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Её не было дома в 8 часов.
№ 4. Read sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:
% Granny usually gets up at 6.30. Yesterday she got up at 6.30.
- Granny usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning____.
- Granny usually walks in the garden. Yesterday___.
- Granny usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday___.
- Granny usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening____.
- Granny usually sleeps very well. Yesterday_____.
№ 5. Put one of this verbs in each sentence: hurt, teach, spend, sell, throw, fall, catch, cost, buy.
% I was thirsty, so I bought apple juice in the shop.
- My father ___ me how to drive when I was 17.
- Jim ___down the stairs and ___ his leg.
- We needed some money so we ___ our summer house.
- They __ a lot of money yesterday. They __a dishwasher which __ 5 roubles.
- The boy ___ the ball to the dog and the dog ___ it.
№ 6. Write questions. A friend has just come back from Italy and you are asking him about it:
% What place/go? What place did you go to?
- how long/stay there?
- stay in a hotel?
- go alone?
- how/travel?
- the food/good?
- what/do in the evenings?
- make a friends there?
*№ 9. Translate into English using Past Indefinite Tense:
- Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 2. Где вы были час тому назад? 3. Вчера я видел вас. 4. У нас было мало работы. 5. Мы решили отправить это письмо вчера.