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Be Verb (Past)
Past Tense
Past Continuous
100

The students ______ in the library after school.

study

100

I ate ___ apple and ___ banana for breakfast today.

an, a
100

I ____ late to school yesterday.

was

100

Although I don’t usually eat pizza, I ____ pizza for dinner last night.

ate
100

I was ____ a book last night.

reading
200

She likes sports a lot and is very active. She _____ both basketball and volleyball.

plays

200

Kenshi Yonezu is ___ great singer and ____ great songwriter.

a, a

200

They ____ on vacation 2 weeks ago.

were

200

When I was a child, I wasn’t a fan of country music. Now that I am an adult, I ___ a fan of country music.

am
200

They were _____ games yesterday.

playing

300

He is very busy at work. He ____ a new article for the newspaper every day.

writes
300

I heard that ___ President of America and ___ Prime Minister of Japan are meeting soon.

the, the
300

It has snowed a lot recently. It ___ also very cold yesterday.

was

300

When I was in college I ____ Mt. Fuji. While I have been back in Japan for work I haven’t got to see Mt. Fuji again.

saw
300

He was _____ the guitar while she ____ singing.

playing, was

400

The chef is very good at his job. He ____ over 100 meals a night at the restaurant. 

cooks
400

Clint Eastwood is both ___ actor and ___ movie director.

an, a
400

My package didn’t get delivered yesterday because I ____ at home.

wasn’t 

400

Despite liking driving in my car, the 6 hour trip that I ____ last week was something that I don’t want to do again any time soon.

drove
400

The students _____ _____ English during 3rd period yesterday.

were studying 

500

It was his mom’s birthday yesterday. He ____ her on the phone to wish her a happy birthday.

called
500

While I am at the store I need to get ___ new heater and ____ remote for it, as well as ___ new blanket for my bed.

a, the, a
500

We ____ going to go to the movies this weekend, but a new movie that I want to see has come out, so we will go on Saturday.

weren’t
500

I had always wanted to go to Korea since I was a child. When I finally _____ to Korea when I was in college I was disappointed by how similar it was to America.

went
500

Because the test is not until next week, the students ____ _____ for the test last weekend.

weren‘t studying