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# * Look at these sentences. Are they in the I was /waz/ at the Wortd Cup Final.
present or the past? We were /wa/ neiar the 6pera Hduse.
I was at the World Cup Final.
We were near the Ooera House. M * Choose the correct words.
1 | was / were only thirteen at the time.
The stadium wasn't ful..
2 My sisters wasn't / weren't at the concert.
They weren't very happy.
g There was / were a lot of people in Sydney that night,
fu Look at the sentences in'#* again. Then fill 4 John Lennon was / were a great musician.
in the gaps in the table with was, wasn't, were s The fireworks was / were on TV in lots of countries.
and weren't.
6 lt u/as / were my first World CuP.
POSITIVE (+) NEGATIVE (-) z There wasn't / weren't any empty seats in the stadium.
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you were you weren't (= were not) wasn't / weren't. -
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he / she
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was /were only $4.50!
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tney were i tney sentence: Melanie, Tania or Diego?
?1$* * The past of there is / there are is there was /
there were.
Get ready ... Get it right!
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I was in Sydney on New I was at the'S7orld Cup Final
Year's Eve 1999.I was only in Johannesburg in 2010. I was
twelve, and I was there with very young at the time. There
my mum and dad. \7e were were 85,000 people in the
near the Opera House all stadium and I was there with
evening, and at midnight a friend from Holland and his
tnere were some amazrng dad. They weren't very happy at
fireworks. Then there was a the end because it was Spain 1
big party in the city all night. Holland 0, but I was! It was a
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It was a fantastic New Year! great match and I was there!