Guia Ingles

GRAMMAR: was / were

The past tense of verb to be is was / were.

• Examples: - Godzilla was a Japanese film.

- Charlie´s Angels and Mission Impossible were television programmers.

I / He / She / It  was

You / We / They  were

Speaking 1. Look at the film posters. Do you know them?

2. Read the article again and complete the sentences with words from the text.

1) ____________________ are good for business in Hollywood.

2) ____________________ was a film from Japan.

3) ___________________ was a gorilla in New York.

4) _______________________________ and _____________________________ were Hollywood remakes in 2000.

3. Listen and put the sentences in the past tense.

1) The film is at seven o´clock. ______________________________________________

2) The tickets are expensive. _________________________________________________

3) You are on the street. ___________________________________________________

4) It is cold. _____________________________________________________

5) I am late. ____________________________________________________

6) You are angry. _______________________________________________

4. Complete the texts about television shows and films with the verb to be in the past.

1) The first James Bond film __________ Dr No (1962). The actor Sean Connery _______ James Bond.

2) Bewitched __________ a television programme from the 1960s. Nicole Kidman ________ in the 2005 Hollywood remake.

3) The original Star Trek ________ on television from 1966 to 1969.

4) The American television programmes X- files and Friends ___________ very popular in the 1990s.

5) The Lord of the Rings ______ a book by JRR Tolkein before it _________ a series of Hollywood films.

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