L.O: Can I use past tense verbs ‘to be’ correctly? CALP
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Use the past tense verbs ‘to be’ in these sentences.
1. She _________ a beautiful girl from Greece.
2. He _________ an important Pharaoh.
3. They _________ very mean to Rhodopis and called her
names.
4. We __________ at the park last weekend.
5. I _________ happy when we went to the cinema
yesterday.
6. Rhodopis _________ busy cleaning the house and
peeling the onions.
7. Her master _________ very sleepy and didn’t see her
dance.
8. The mean servants ________ teasing Rhodopis
because she looked different to them.
9. The Pharaoh _________ the most important person in
Ancient Egypt.
10.Of all the girls in the land, the slipper _______ only
made for one person, Rhodopis.
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L.O: Can I use past tense verbs ‘to be’ correctly? BICS
was
were
Use the past tense verbs ‘to be’ in these sentences.
1. She _________ a beautiful girl from Greece.
2. He _________ an important Pharaoh.
3. They _________ very mean to Rhodopis and called her
names.
4. We __________ at the park last weekend.
5. I _________ happy when we went to the cinema
yesterday.
Can you write a sentence using ‘was’ and another using
‘were’.
1.__________________________________________
___________________________________________
2._________________________________________
___________________________________________
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We You They
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