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GRAMMAR SUMMARY Unit 9 Exercises
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1 Complete the paragraph with was and were. 4 Put the words in order to make questions. Then
write the correct short answer.
Sally Ride the first American woman
1
in space. She born in 1951. Her 1 good / she / student / was / a / ?
2
3
parents from California. Her first Was she a good student?
5
4
space flight in 1983. She Yes, she was .
the writer of six books for children. They 2 café / open / the / was?
6 about space and science.
No, .
2 Rewrite the sentences in the form given in
parentheses. 3 late / work / were / for / you / ?

1 Haruki’s favorite teacher was Mr. Lee.
(negative) Yes, .
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Haruki’s favorite teacher wasn’t Mr. Lee. 4 your / first / were / friends / they / ?

2 I wasn’t at home yesterday. (affirmative) Yes, .

5 neighbors / were / our / they / ?
3 Tran’s parents weren’t TV presenters.
(affirmative) No, .

4 She wasn’t a famous photographer. 6 famous / he / engineer / was / a / ?
www.english0905.com 5 My friends were late to school. (negative) 5 Write the past simple form of the verbs in

(affirmative)
.
Yes,

parentheses.
1 My grandfather
died (die) in 2006.

(live) in Rome from 2017 to 2021.
2 I
6 I was a good student at school. (negative)
(study) science in college.
3 My mother

(work) in a café in 2022.
3 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were,
and weren’t.
5 We
1 A: soccer your favorite sport at 4 James (visit) Zurich last summer.
6 My friend and I
(watch) a good
school? movie on Saturday.

B: No, it . It tennis. 6 Put the words in order to make sentences.

2 A: Who your best friends at 1 weren’t / people / there / any
school? There weren’t any people.
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B: They Angela and Lia. 2 a / was / last month / there / concert
3 My mother the first woman in her
family with a university degree. 3 books / on his desk / there / two / were
4 A: your teachers at school nice?
B: Yes, they . 4 a / wasn’t / meeting / there
5 A: the first Olympic Games in
Athens? 5 yesterday / class / there / a / was

B: No, they . They in
Olympia. 6 any / there / in the café / weren’t / cakes
6 I good at music at school and I
can’t play a musical instrument.

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