WIDER WORLD 1 UNIT 6.2 GRAMMAR CHECK

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.

1.How old         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]you in 2010?

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.

2.Who         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]the first person in space?

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.

3.There         [was, wasn't, were, weren't]any mobile phones 100 years ago.

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.

4. Uruguay         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]the first winner of the football World Cup in 1930.

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.

5.My grandad         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]alive in 1930 – he         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]born in 1939.

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.

6.We         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]at home at 6 o’clock yesterday – we         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]out at the cinema with our friends.

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.

7.Denny         [was, were, wasn't, weren't]very happy because his friends         [was, were, wasn't, weren't] very late!

2 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t.

Chris: ⁰ Were you at college yesterday?

Mel: No, I ¹        I ²     at my grandma’s house.

Chris: Oh, why ³      you there?

Mel: It ⁴     her eightieth birthday.

Chris: ⁵     everyone in your family there?

Mel: No, they ⁶         . My brother ⁷        there.

Chris: Why not?

Mel: He ⁸     at work.