UNIT 3
LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  | Complete the questions from the conversation. Use was or were.
Past Simple of be: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers
Was I afraid of the lions? | Yes, I was. | No, I wasn’t.
1... you afraid of the lions? | Yes, you were. | No, you weren’t.
2... the tour guide good? | Yes, he/she was. | No, he/she wasn’t.
3... the hotel room comfortable? | Yes, it was. | Not, it wasn’t.
Were we afraid of the lions? | Yes, we were. | No, we weren’t.
4... the other animals afraid of the lions? | Yes, they were. | No, they weren’t.

2 | Look at the activities for the day at the Amazing Safari Hotel last July. Make questions and answer them.
| 1 breakfast / at the Masai Restaurant / was / ? 2 the guests / at Amazing River / were / at 2:30 pm / ? 3 were / in their hotel rooms / at 5:15 pm / the guests / ? 4 James / the tour guide / was / on the night safari / ?

3 |  |  | Complete the questions from the conversation. Use was or were.
There was/were: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers
A 1... there a tour guide on the safari? B Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t. | A 2... there wild animals on the reserve? B Yes, there were. / No, there weren’t.

4 | Make questions about the facilities and the people at the Amazing Safari Hotel.
1 two restaurants? (✘ one restaurant) Were there two restaurants? 2 swimming pool? (✔) | 3 two tour guides? (✔) 4 four receptionists? (✘ three receptionists)

5 | Write the answers to the questions in Exercise 4 in your notebook. Then ask and answer with a partner.
Where there two restaurants? | No, there weren't. There was one.

| WORKBOOK p.14, p.16 and p.19