Past Simple Was/Were 5-A

1  Write was, were, wasn’t or weren’t into the gaps to complete these sentences. You need to put two answers in questions 5, 6 and 7.

0   Who was the first president of the USA?

1   How old ____________ you in 2010? 

2.   Who ____________ the first person in space?

3.   There ____________ any mobile phones 100 years ago. 

4.   Uruguay ____________ the first winner of the football World Cup in 1930.

5.   My grandad ____________ alive in 1930 – he ____________ born in 1939.

be alive - бути живим

be born - народитися

6.    We ____________ at home at 6 o’clock yesterday – we ____________ out at the cinema with our friends.

7.    Denny ____________ very happy because his friends ____________ very late!

2.   Match the short descriptions to the sports.

1 You hit a hard, white ball as far as you can.

2 You score points by throwing a large ball through a metal circle.

3. You ride a bike, sometimes a long way

4. You throw the other person on the floor.

5. You kick a ball around a big field and into a goal to score.