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Grammar 1 questions and short answers

be: past simple Was I at home at 3 p.m.?
Yes, you . No, you .
were
weren’t
• I can use the past simple to talk about things Were you here last week?
in the past.
Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
affirmative Was he / she / it in the kitchen?
I was at home. Yes, he / she / it . No, he / she / it .
was
wasn’t
You were in the kitchen. Were we / you / they at school?
He / She / It was outside. Yes, we / you / they . No, we / you / they .weren’t
were
We / You / They were popular.
3 Order the words to make questions.
negative
Yesterday at 9 p.m. …
I wasn’t at school. 1 at home / you / were ?
You weren’t in the living room. 2 you / in bed / were ?
He / She / It wasn’t inside. 3 your parents / were / in the living room ?

We / You / They weren’t in the garden. 4 your friends / were / at home ?

1 Complete the sentences with was or were. Pronunciation

1 Igloos … the traditional houses of was / were
the Inuit people.
a Listen to the sentences.
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2 Snow … the traditional material for igloos
Do you hear was or were?
in Canada and Greenland.

3 In other Arctic areas, bone … the main b Listen again and repeat.
material. Small igloos … temporary houses.

2 Complete the text with the past simple

4 Work in pairs. Ask and
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form of be.
answer the questions in Exercise 3.
Historically, the tepee (1)... the traditional home
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of Native Americans from the Great Plains. Use these time expressions with the
past simple:
Tepees (2)... special. They (3)... warm in winter - last (week, Saturday)

and they (4)... (not) hot in summer. - (a year, one month) ago
The tepee (5)... perfect for these nomadic tribes - on (Monday, Tuesday)
- in (winter, 2009)
because it (6)... durable and it (7)... (not) heavy.

5 Complete the sentences with time

expressions so that they are true for you.
Use last, ago, on and in.

1 I wasn’t at home … .

3 My best friend wasn’t in class … .
2 My family and I were in the living room
together … .
4 We weren’t at school … .

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