Grammar
Be – past simple: questions USE
FORM
A Analyze these questions from the text on page 29. Underline four more examples of the past simple of be.
C Complete the table. Yes/No questions
I / he / she / it
1 Were you on holiday last year?
Were
2 Where were you?
Short answers
3 Was it good?
Yes,
4 Was it bad? 5 Were the characters interesting?
No,
you / we / they I / he / she / it you / we / they I / he / she / it you / we / they
in Europe?
was. . wasn’t. .
Wh- questions
B Match these answers to the questions in Exercise A.
you / they?
Where
he / she / it?
We were in Europe. No, it wasn’t. It was great! Yes, it was. It was long and boring.
D Compare the word order of sentences and questions. Write new examples in a new diagram.
Yes, they were. We
Yes, I was.
We Were Where
1 Write questions. Use the past simple of be. Then complete the short answers. 1 Steve Jobs / an actor? No, he ... . 2 they / at the beach? No, they ... . 3 she / at school? Yes, she ... . 4 the stories / good? Yes, they ... . 2 Think about a book you enjoyed reading and answer. 1 2 3 4
What was its title? Who was its author? What type of book was it? Explain why you liked it.
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were weren’t you were
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at the beach. at home. on holiday? you?
3 Complete the questions with was or were. 1 2 3 4 5
Where … you last summer? Who … your first teacher? When … your last birthday? What … your favourite subjects last year? Where … you at 8 o’clock this morning?
4 Free practice > In turns, ask and answer the questions in Exercise 3.
COMPARING LANGUAGES In English, the word order of questions with was and were is different from the word order of statements. What happens in your language?
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