Questions with Was and Were - Part 5

Rearrange the words to form questions using "was" and "were"

David was happy yesterday
yesterday
Was
David
happy
Were
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was or were

The past of am, is and are.

  • I / he / she / it → was: Peter was a policeman.
  • you / we / they → were: You were very late this morning.

Negative

  • wasn't (was not): Mary wasn't ill last week.
  • weren't (were not): They weren't at home.

Questions

Was the movie interesting? – Yes, it was.
Were your friends lazy? – No, they weren't.

there was · there were

  • one thing: There was only one little shop.
  • many things: There were a lot of people.
  • negative: There wasn't a pool. There weren't many shops.

A group seen as one takes was: My family wasn't in Madrid last summer.

yesterday · last night · last week · last summer · this morning · when I was five

Thirty-three sentences with was or were to turn into questions. Put the words in order and start with the right word - Was or Were; the other one is left over. Five come up in a random order every time you start.

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