Was / Were
Simple past Verbs
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Afirmative
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100

I ___ sleepy this morning.

was

100

go

went

100

up / Joey / at / am / yesterday / woke / 5 

Joey woke up at 5 am yesterday.

100

Lisa and James ___ at home.

be

were

100

add

added  /əd/

200

Lou and James ___ in jail last weekend.

were

200

give

gave

200

month / played /$5000 / Russ / and / Vegas /poker / lost / in / last

Russ played poker and lost $5000 last month in Vegas.

200

Laura ___ home at six o'clock and ___ a shower.

come / take

came / took

200

stop

study

stopped /t/

studied /d/

300

Emily Dickinson ____ an amazing writer back in the 19th century. She ____ a poet

was/was

300

know

knew

300

was / up / early / very / boss / week / Linda / last / wake / her / he / upset / didn't / for / work / her / and

Linda didn't wake up early last week for work and her boss fired her. He was very upset.

300

Richard ___ in the garden when he ___ a light in the sky and ___ his mom.

be / see / call

was / saw / called

300

kiss

fax

enjoy

kissed /t/

faxed /t/

enjoyed /d/

400

Where ____ you this morning? Matt ___ worried about you.

I ____ asleep. I ____ too tired.

were / was / was / was

400

teach

taught
400

hospital. / sick / didn't / it. / the / an / apple, / ate / to / wash / got / and / Billy / he / went / he

Billy ate an apple, he didn't wash it. He got sick and went to the hospital.

400

I ___ in London, when he ___ my heart. He ___ me he ___ in love with somebody else.

be / break / tell / be

was / broke / told / was 

400

decide

investigate

romance

part

decided    /əd/

investigated  /əd/

romanced   /d/

parted  /əd/


500

Ken ___ on his bed late at night; he watched some videos on youtube. Suddenly, there ___ a black shadow standing right at the door. There ___ no sound at all. He tried to wake his wife up, she didn't respond. He turned the light on and she ___ dead.

was / was / was / was

500

think

thought

500

full moon / met  / together, / under / and / night / Rob / they / all night / Joe / love / the / and / at first sight / kissed / talked / at a party / was / danced / it

Rob and Joe met at a party. It was love at first sight. They danced together, talked all night and kissed under the full moon.

500

There __ a horrible storm that night, but apart from that nothing scary __. The next morning, however, when the family __ down to breakfast, they __ the terrible stain of blood once again on the floor. Washington __ it a second time 

be / happen / come / find / clean

was / happened / came / found / cleaned

500

laugh

stay

present

watch

pat

laughed  /d/

stayed  /d/

presented   /əd/

watched  /t/

patted  /əd/