form

affirmative	negative	interrogative
I was	I was not / I wasn’t	was I?
you were	you were not / you weren’t	were you?
he / she/ it was	he / she/ it was not / he / she/ it wasn’t	was he / she / it?
we were	we were not / we weren’t	were we?
you were	you were not / you weren’t	were you?
they were	they were not / they weren’t	were they?

exercises

the verb to be (was, were) in the past tense

• exercise 1: choose was or were
• exercise 2: choose was or were
• exercise 3: fill in wasn’t or weren’t
• exercise 4: make questions with was and were
• exercise 5: fill in was or were
• exercise 6: fill in was or were
• exercise 7: fill in was or were
• exercise 8: fill in was or were
• exercise 9: choose was or were
• exercise 10: two exercises for practising the choice between was and were

useful pages

• exercises for practising short yes/no answers (Are you tired? Yes, I am / No, I’m not)
• exercises for practising the tag-question (He is going, isn’t he)
• exercises for practising am/is/are
• exercises for practising the simple past

more useful pages

• 1 English verb form
• 2 or more English verb forms (contrastive exercises)
• Modal and auxiliary verbs
• The Future
• The Passive
• Irregular verb exercises / list of irregular verbs
• Various grammatical subjects.
• Interactive listening and viewing lessons based on Ted talks