UNIT 3
LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  | Look at the examples below. Complete the table with the sentences from the online forum.

Past Simple of be (Affirmative and Negative)
Affirmative (+) | Negative (-)
I 1was at my aunt’s house. You were in Alter do Chão with your family. She was at the beach every day. We 2... at the beach every day. They 3... by the river. | I wasn’t in Barcelona in the summer. You weren’t in Alter do Chão with your friends. She 4... from Spain. We 5... at the beaches. They weren’t in the houses.

2 | Complete the sentences. Use the correct past simple form of be. 1 I wasn’t at home last weekend. I was at my uncle’s house. 2 Kamran was ill last Monday. He ... at school. 3 The students weren’t in the classroom for the art lesson. They ... at lunch. 4 We were in Azerbaijan last spring. We ... in Sumgayit. 5 Julia2010 wasn’t in Belém in December. She ... in Alter do Chão. 6 The weather was warm in Barcelona last spring. It... cold.

3 |  |  | Look at the examples below. Complete the table with the sentences from the online forum.

There was/were
Affirmative (+) | There 1...a beautiful island across from the town. There 2... so many things to see and do.
Negative (-) | There 3... a match. There 4... beaches in Barcelona before 1992.

4 | Look at the information about Cedar Town. Make sentences about the town in the 1980s.
| In the 1980s | Now
1 bowling alley 2 historic center 3 beaches 4 amusement park | ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ | ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
| 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ...

5 | Where were you last weekend? Write three places in your notebook.

6 | Work in pairs. Can you guess where your classmate was last weekend?

You are at the beach last Saturday. |  | No, I wasn't. I was at the beach last Sunday.

| WORKBOOK p.14, p.16 and p.18