1. Complete the sentences with the verb to be in the past simple tense.
1. They _______ late for school and their teacher _______angry at them.
2. Sally _________ very happy. Her birthday party _________ a success.
3. After school, the children ____________ very tired.
4. _______ there anything good on TV last night?
5. I _______ fifteen and my brother ________ twelve when we moved here.
6. There _________ not a lot of children in the park yesterday;
7. _________the football game good? No, it______________. We lost the game.
8. _________the students at our school on vacation last week?
9. _________ Paul late for the meeting yesterday? Yes, he ____________.
10. There ____________ not any visitors in reception.
2. Complete the telephone conversation. Use there was, there wasn’t, there
were and there weren’t.
Julia: Hi, Carol! This is Julia.
Carol: Oh, hi, Julia!
Julia: How was the party?
Carol: Great! ____________ lots of people.
Julia: _______________ snacks and drinks?
Carol: Sure! And _________________ cake too!
Julia: ________________ good music?
Carol: No, _____________. The music was terrible.
Julia: Really?
Carol: Yes, ______________ just old songs.
Julia: Oh, I hate old songs.
Carol: Listen, I have to go now. Let’s talk at school. Bye!
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
1. Were - Was.
2. Was - Was.
3. Were.
4. Was.
5. Was - Was
6. Were.
7. Was. Wasn't.
8. Were.
9. Was - Was.
10. Were.
There were.
Were there.
There was.
Was there.
there wasn't.
There were.
Explicação:
You, we and they - Were
I, he, she, it - Was.
Em relação à segunda questão: Podemos usar o there was/were e a forma negativa quando significar "Havia/não havia".
As lacunas corretamente preenchidas ficam:
1. They were late for school and their teacher was angry at them.
2. Sally was very happy. Her birthday party was a success.
3. After school, the children were very tired.
4. Was there anything good on TV last night?
5. I was fifteen and my brother was twelve when we moved here.
6. There were not a lot of children in the park yesterday;
7. was football game good? No, wasn't . We lost the game.
8. Were the students at our school on vacation last week?
9. was Paul late for the meeting yesterday? Yes, he was.
10. There were not any visitors in reception.
2. A conversa corretamente preenchida com o verbo to be no passado é:
Julia: Hi, Carol! This is Julia.
Carol: Oh, hi, Julia!
Julia: How was the party?
Carol: Great! there were lots of people.
Julia: Were there snacks and drinks?
Carol: Sure! And there was cake too!
Julia: Was there good music?
Carol: No, there wasn't. The music was terrible.
Julia: Really?
Carol: Yes, there were just old songs.
Julia: Oh, I hate old songs.
Carol: Listen, I have to go now. Let’s talk at school. Bye!
As frases acima estão no Simple Past
O Simple Past ou Passado Simples é um tempo verbal utilizado para indicar ações, no passado, que já foram concluídas, ou seja, essas ações começaram e terminaram no passado.
No Simple Past normalmente utilizam-se advérbios como:
• yesterday (ontem)
• the day before yesterday (anteontem)
• last night (ontem à noite)
• last year (ano passado)
• last month (mês passado)
• last week (semana passada)
• ago (atrás)
- Formação do Simple Past
Feita com o uso do auxiliar did nas formas negativa e interrogativa, e, para os verbos irregulares, com o acréscimo das terminações –ed, –ied ou –d ao final do verbo principal no infinitivo, sem o to, na forma afirmativa.
Exemplos:
-to dance: danced
- to drive: drived
- to need: needed
Quando os verbos são irregulares, deve-se verificar qual a sua forma no Simple Past, pois eles não possuem regras.
Exemplos:
- to fly: flew
- to be: was (singular), were (plural)
- to have: had
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