1.

Was, were gyakorls

Was - were - wasn't or weren't?
a)

Mary and Sue ______________ at a concert last night.

b)

__________ Mark at the cinema last night?

c)

Last month Mr Wilson ______________ in New York. He went to Alabama.

d)

Where ____________ they last Sunday?

e)
Mr and Mrs Cohen _____________ in the market on Saturday morning. They stayed
at home.
f)

___________ there many children in the playground?

g)

____________ there a new student in class?

h)

There ____________ any classes yesterday. It was Sunday.

i)

There ___________ a big party at school. Only 10 students came.

j)

There ___________ many people at the market.

Sarah is fourty now, so last year she ___ thirty-nine.

a. was
b. were
___ Star Wars a good film?
a. Was
b. Were
I lived in New York when I ___ twenty.
a. was
b. were
It was a great day, but we ___ very tired.
a. was
b. were
The cars ___ too expensive.
a. was
b. were

I ____ in the cinema yesterday.

a. was
b. were
Where ___ you yesterday afternoon?
a. was
b. were
___ the weather good last summer?
a. Was
b. Were
They ___ so bad as kids.
a. was
b. were
Why ___ he so angry?
a. was
b. were
2.
Personal history Mary-Ann Soltine
Well I was born in Africa. Thats where I grew up. And I went to a local school where my
parents made my brother and me work very hard so thats probably why I did so well at
school in my exams I passed them all actually.
Anyway I left school at 18 and went to university in England. I got a place at Bristol
University to study agriculture. It was a bit strange, living in England after Africa but I had
quite a good time at university.
After that I went back to Africa where I met my husband and we got married after a
couple of years and came back to live in the village he lived in. And afterwards we went
back to my university town with our 3-year-old son and Ive lived there ever since.
Complete the questions with ONE word and answer them.
1. Where she born?
2. Where . she grow up?
3. How did she . at school?
4. .. she pass all her exams when she was at school?
5. When .. she leave school?
6. What did she . after that?
7. What .. she study when she was there?
8. Where did she .. her husband?
9. . she got any children?
10. Where . she live now?

Complete the text about Marco Polo.

Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. When he was 17 he (1).. (leave)
Italy to go to China. Marco Polo (2) .. (sail) from Venice across the
Mediterranean to the Middle East. Then he (3) .. (travel) across the Gobi
desert to Beijing, China. In Beijing Marco Polo (4) .. (meet) Kublai Khan the
great Emperor. Next, he travelled south and then sailed to Sumatra. Marco Polo (5)
.. (begin) his voyage in 1271 and he (6) .. (arrive) back to Italy
in 1295. He (7) .. (discover) a lot of new things. When he went back to Italy
he (8) .. (write) about his amazing journey.
Read the text again, complete and answer the questions in full sentences.
1 Where . Marco Polo born?
2 How old . he when he started his amazing journey?
3 Which desert . he go across?
4 Who . he meet in Beijing?
5 How . he get to Sumatra?
6 How long . Marco Polo travel?
7 What . he do when he got back to Italy?

Joe's Yesterday
Fill the spaces and complete Joe's day yesterday.
Joe _______ very early yesterday morning and _____ a bath. Then he
____ down to the kitch en and ______ two pieces of toast and _____ a
glass of milk. Joe works in the local hospital and, yesterday he ____
the house at about 8 o'clock.
He _______ the number five bus and he ______ at work at 8.30. He
_______ all the letters that were on his table. Then he ______ a cup of
coffee and he _____ four very important letters.
At one o'clock, Joe ______ lunch in a caf and _______ his newspaper. He _________
back to the office at two o'clock and ________ at six. He ____not______ by bus because
it ________ full. He __________ home.
In the evening, he _______ in the local swimming pool and _______ shopping in the local
supermarket where he _______ a lot of food. He _____ very tired in the evening so he
_______ television. He _______ to bed at 11 o'clock and he ________ well until morning.

Shirley Valentine
A Greek Romance
Shirley Valentine was a woman of 42 from Liverpool, in England. One summer, she
(go) on holiday to Greece with a friend, Jane.
They (stay) in a hotel near the beach and the manager of this hotel (be)
a man. His name was Costas.

Shirley (have) a drink in the hotel bar one evening and (start) talking to
Costas. After a while he said, 'Would you like to go for a ride in my brother's boat
tomorrow?' She (think) he was nice so she (go) with him the next day
and (enjoy) the boat trip very much. After that she (go) out with him
every day. They (swam), sunbathed and (visit) the sights of Greece.
At the end of their holiday, Shirley and Jane (go) to the airport. But when Shirley
(think) of Liverpool, she (decide) not to go home. So Jane
(travel) home but Shirley (stay). She (run) out of the airport and
(drive) back to the hotel. When she (arrive) to the hotel, she
(see) Costas in the bar with a woman. Shirley (hear) Costas say to the woman,
'Would you like to go for a ride in my brother's boat?'
When Costas (see) Shirley, he (be) shocked, but Shirley wasnt angry.
She (smile) and (ask) him for a job in his hotel. She wasn't in love with
Costas - she was in love with Greece.
Answer the questions:
How old was Shirley?
Where did she come from?
Where did she travel one summer?
What was the hotel managers name?
Why did Shirley go on a boat trip with the hotel manager?
What did they visit together?
What did Shirley decide at the end of the holiday?
How did she get back to the hotel?
Was Costas happy when he saw Shirley?
What did Shirley ask Costas for?

Robbery Riddle
Somebody broke into a collector's house and the world's most famous and biggest
diamond was taken. Inspector Smithy interviewed three suspects after the burglary. He
knew it was a one-man job.
The inspector also knew that each suspect told him one false and one true statement.
Slick Jim said: It wasnt me. And Burglar Bill didnt do it.
Burglar Bill said: It wasnt me. And it wasnt Dodgy Dick.
Dodgy Dick said: I didnt do it. And Slick Jim and Burglar Bill were at the races with me.
The inspector knew immediately who the burglar was and arrested him.
Who did the inspector arrest?

Robbery Riddle
The robber was Burglar Bill.
Why?
Dodgy Dick said: I didnt do it. True
And Slick Jim and Burglar Bill were at the races with me. False
So it was NOT Dick.
Burglar Bill said: It wasnt me. False
And it wasnt Dodgy Dick. True
So it was Bill.
Slick Jim said: It wasnt me. True
And Burglar Bill didnt do it. False
So it wasnt Jim, it was Bill.
True Inventors
Children learn that the Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell ___________ (invent) the
telephone in 1876. But the real inventor ___________ (be) Antonio Meucci, a poor Italian
American. He ___________ (share) a workshop with Bell in the 1860s, and ___________
(make) a talking telegraph for his wife who ___________ (be) ill in bed, so that she
___________ (can) call him when she ___________ (want) something. But Meucci never
___________ (take) his idea to the US Patent Office, because he ___________ (be) too
poor to pay the $250 that he ___________ (need). So on February 14th 1867 Alexander
Graham Bell ___________ (take) the invention to the Patent Office instead. Just two hours
later another inventor, Elisha Gray ___________ (arrive) with the same idea too late!
At that time, nobody ___________ (believe) that the telephone ___________ (be) an
important invention. Bells father-in-law, also a scientist, ___________ (describe) the
invention as a beautiful toy. And it ___________ (not be) before 2002 that the US
Congress ___________ (decide) that Meucci was the true inventor of the telephone.
But everyone knows that the Italian Marconi ___________ (invent) the radio, right? Wrong.
Actually, Guglielmo Marconi ___________ (steal) his great idea from Nikola Tesla, a
Croatian scientist. Tesla ___________ (write) an article in 1893 and in it he ___________
(describe) his important new invention the radio.
But just two years later, Marconi ___________ (take) the idea to the US Patent Office and
soon ___________ (begin) to sell it. In 1909 he even ___________ (win) a Nobel Prize for
his invention.
In 1943 Nikola Tesla ___________ (die) in New York, a poor man. That year, the US
Congress ___________ (decide) that Nikola Tesla was the true father of the radio.