TALLER DE INGLES

UNIT 6: THE PAST

TODAY

IS

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ACTIVITY

6.1 VERB TO BE

. MY NAME IS

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I. Complete with was/ wasnt/ were/ werent

1. I ________ in Canberra last spring and this year I__________ in Rome.
2. We _________ at school last Saturday and this Sunday we ___________ at home.
3. Tina ______ at home yesterday, she ________ at work.
4. You ________ very busy on Friday, _________ you busy today?
5. Jessica and Kimberly _________ late for school yesterday, in fact, they _________ always late.
6. We _______ students in 1990, now we ________ teachers.
7. He _________ in a hurry because there __________ a lot of traffic.
8. Last night you ________ angry because your girlfriend __________ at home.
9. My father ___________ at work yesterday because he ___________ on vacation.
10. Trixi and Felix ______my cats, they died 5 years ago.
11. Susan and Betty __________ good friends when they ____________ at school.
12. They _________ good at sports but they ________ good at maths 2 years ago.
13. They like traveling, they ______ in London this week?
14. It ___________ Sunday today, yesterday it _________ Saturday.
15. I ___________ at home, I ___________ at the gym with some friends.
16. We _______ with friends yesterday, we ________ alone.
II. Your friend was at a party at the house of a millionaire. Use items from the list to make sentences.
delicious,
luxurious, heart-shaped, by Picasso, old and ugly,
interesting, young and beautiful,
full of roses,
very expensive,
very polite, famous, antique
1. The millionaire
was old and ugly.
2. The millionaire's wife __________________________
3. The other guests _____________________________
4. The servants ________________________________
5. The house __________________________________
6. The swimming pool ____________________________
7. The furniture _______________________________
8. The paintings ________________________________
9. The gardens _________________________________
10. The food __________________________________
11. The wine ___________________________________
12. The conversation _____________________________
III. Look at these pictures of Bob and Sue and complete the sentences below. Here are some useful words:
babies,dark,
energetic,
friendly,
generous,
happy,
healthy,
poor
pretty,
smooth,
thin,
very intelligent,
young
1. Bob and Sue are old now but then ______________young. 2. Bob and
Sue are sad now but then __________ 3. Sue is fat now but then
_____________ 4. They are often ill now but then ____________
5. Their skin is wrinkled now but then ____________ 6. They are often
angry now but then_____________ 7. Their hair is grey now but then
____________ 8. They are often tired now but then
_______________ 9. Sue is forgetful now but then
_____________10. Bob and Sue are rich now but then
_____________ 11. They are mean now but then ______________12.
Their children are adults now but then _____________ 13. Sue is ugly
now but then ______________.