NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
‘BE’ VERB: PAST
Positives, Negatives and Questions
 Write the sentences below in the past simple.

1. I am late. ____________________________________________________________

2. Are they hungry? _____________________________________________________

3. Thomas isn’t at school. _________________________________________________

4. Why is she watching TV? _______________________________________________

5. My brother is a doctor. _________________________________________________

6. They aren’t here. _____________________________________________________

7. Eva is a teacher. ______________________________________________________

8. Is Mr. Smith driving? ___________________________________________________

9. Where are your books? ________________________________________________

10. Are you a student? ____________________________________________________

11. What is that? ________________________________________________________

12. Sue isn’t tired. ________________________________________________________

13. My holiday is nice. ____________________________________________________

14. Why are you laughing? _________________________________________________

15. The pen is blue. ______________________________________________________

16. Am I the winner? _____________________________________________________

17. Is the answer correct? ________________________________________________

18. Who is sick? _________________________________________________________

19. We are eating. _______________________________________________________

20. That is funny. ________________________________________________________

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Grammar Focus ‘Be’ Verb: Past
Level Intermediate

ANSWER KEY

1. I was late. 11. What was that?

2. Were they hungry? 12. Sue wasn’t tired.
3. Thomas wasn’t at school. 13. My holiday was nice.
4. Why was she watching TV? 14. Why were you laughing?
5. My brother was a doctor. 15. The pen was blue.
6. They weren’t here. 16. Was I the winner?
7. Eva was a teacher. 17. Was the answer correct?
8. Was Mr. Smith driving? 18. Who was sick?
9. Where were your books? 19. We were eating.
10. Were you a student? 20. That was funny.

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