Fill in the Blank
Rewrite in the past simple.
Interrogative
Negative
Multiple Choice
100

___ (Was/Were) Carmen and Jim married?

WERE Carmen and Jim married?

100

I am seven years old.

I was seven years old

100

Why _______ (was/were) you absent on Tuesday?

Why WERE you absent on Tuesday?

100

Anna _____ (wasn't/weren't) in the classroom.

Anna WASN'T in the classroom.

100

Why _____ so angry?

A.  she was
B.  were she
C.  was she
D.  she were

C.  was she

200

Tina ___ (was/were) at home yesterday.

Tina WAS at home yesterday.

200

The women are in the streets.

The women were in the streets.

200

___ (Was/Were) there a problem with my homework?

WAS there a problem with my homework?

200

George and Cheryl ___ (wasn't/weren't) at the supermarket.

George and Cheryl WEREN'T at the supermarket.

200

His novels ___ very famous in the 1980s.

A. was
B. is
C. were
D. are

C. were

300

There ___ (was/were) a lake in front of the door.

There WAS a lake in front of the door.

300

Your bike is in the garage.

Your bike was in the garage.

300

How many cinemas ___ (was/were) there?

How many cinemas were there?

300

It ____ (wasn't/weren't) good. They made a mistake.

It WASN'T good. They made a mistake.

300

___ in Bogotá last October?

A. Were you
B. You was
C. You were
D. Was you

A. Were you

400

How much ___ (was/were) the tickets?

How much WERE the tickets?

400

Andrew is at home with a book.

Andrew was at home with a book.

400

Who ___ (was/were) that guy on TV?

Who WAS that guy on TV?

400

I went to Dean's party but you ____(wasn't/weren't) there.

I went to Dean's party but you WEREN'T there.

400

Where ___ this morning?

A. Tim and Tony was
B. were Tim and Tony
C. was Tim and Tony
D. Tim and Tony were

B. were Tim and Tony

500

When ___ (was/were) you born?

When WERE you born?

500

The boys are very kind.

The boys were very kind.

500

______ (Was/Were) the Browns at the party?

WERE the Browns at the party?

500

The room ___(wasn't/weren't) very big.

The room WASN'T very big.

500

William Shakespeare ___ in 1564.

A. were born
B. did born
C. was born
D. born

C. was born