Verb to be Simple Past1. Complete.2. Complete with was or were.John .... .. at home last week.They .... .. at the cinema yesterday.Your parents .... .. at the station at nine o'clock.Mary .... .. in the street this morning.My aunt .... .. in hospital yesterday morning.I ____ .. at school this morning.Jill and Kevin .... .. at the zoo las Sunday..."4.F-:"*.!."We .... .. in a Chinese restaurant last night.3. Write these sentences in the negative form.Mum was at home this morning. ............................................................................... ... Paul and Mary were in the shop. ............................................................................... ..123. His friends were very happy yesterday afternoon. .................................................... ..4. I was late for the cinema. .......................................................................................... ..5. We were at home to watch a film on TV. .................................................................. ..4. Answer these questions with short answers, as in the example.1. Were you at home last night? Yes, I was /No, I wasn t2. Was it hot yesterday? .................................... ..3. Were your friends at home last Monday? ................................... ..4. Was your father at work this morning? ................................... ..5. Were you in class yesterday morning? ................................... ..Reod The sTory ond onswer The following quesTions.A DISASTROUS DINNERLosT Fridoy, Mrs. Anderson plonned To hove o delicious dinner. She boughT oT-bone sTeok ond some creom ond opples for on oppie pie. When shecome home from The shops she puT her shopping on The Tobie. While shewos seTTing The Tobie, her Two peTs soT underneoTh iT ond woTched her. Thenshe wenT To The kiTchen To moke The posiry for The pie. She wos o iiTTie

TorgeTfui so she didnT reoiize The sTeok, creom ond oppies were sTiii on TheTobie. While she wos moking The posTry, The dog jumped on o choir ondlooked iongingiy oT The sTeok. AT iosT iT Took The sTeok in iTs mouTh dndjumped oTT The choir, jusT os Mrs. Anderson wos coming bock inTo The diningroom. Mrs. Anderson screomed, buT The dog ron inTo The gorden. She ronofTer The dog. While she wos chosing The dog, The coT jumped on The Tobieond sTorTed drinking The creom. Mrs. Anderson didn T monoge To coTch Thedog, ond she come bock inTo The dining room. When she sow The coT, sheshrieked, ond The coT gol such o TrighT ThoT iT jumped o meTer inTo The oir,ond ieopT ouT The window. Mrs. Anderson Threw her broom oT The coT, buTshe missed, ond broke The window. AT The some Time she overboioncedond puT her hond in The creom, spilling ii oil over The TobiecioTh. Poor Mrs.Anderson - she hod no dinner, only o diriy TobiecioTh ond o broken window.Giossory: sei The Tobie - puT knives ond forks. ploTes, solT eTc. on The Tobie.underneoih under iT.. iongingly - e.g. The dog WonTed iT buT knew iT