PAST SIMPLE - VERB "TO BE"
1. When _____ the news first broadcast? a) was b) were
2. Both the boy and the kitten _____ asleep. a) was b) were
3. Who _____ your best friends in high school? a) was b) were
4. It was a really long day, so we _____ exhausted. a) was b) were
5. What _____ the name of the Beatles first movie? a) was b) were
6. The houses in my neighborhood _____ built in the 1890s. a) was b) were
7. Sue _____ only twenty when she graduated from university. a) was b) were
8. Why_____ the United States able to grow from a few colonies? a) was b) were
9. One mother _____ surprised to learn that her kids were always late. a) was b) were
10. Because Pat and I _____ underage, we didnt vote in last years election. a) was b) were