www perfect-english-grammar.com Past Simple with “be” Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question): 6. (where / we / be?) 10, (they / be / late for the interview.) (1/ be / at the cinema last night.) (the children / be / naughty?) (we / be / in a cafe when you called.) (L/be / late?) (she / be / a teacher when she was young.) (you /be / okay?) (we / be / too tired?) (how / the party / be?) ©2008 www pefatenglbr gamma com May be cls coptd for person or castor we11. (you / be / in the garden.) 12, (what / his name / be?) 13. (it not / be / cold.) 14. (she / be / beautiful?) 15. (she / not / be my wife at the time.) 16. (he / be / hungry.) 17. (why / you / be / late?) 18. (you / not / be / early.) 19, (they not / be / in love.) 20, (we / not / be / in China.) ©2008 www pefatenglbr gamma com May be cls coptd for person or castor wewww.perfect-english-grammar.com Modals of Ability Exercise 1 Put in ‘can’ / ‘can’t’ / ‘could’ / ‘couldn't’. Ifnone is possible, use ‘be able to’ in the correct tense: 1 you swim when you were 10? 2. We get to the meeting on time yesterday because the train was delayed by one hour. 3. He arrive at the party on time, even after missing the train, so he was very pleased. 4, He's amazing, he speak 5 languages including Chinese. SI drive a car until I was 34, then I moved to the countryside so I had to learn, 6. Ilooked everywhere for my glasses but I find them anywhere 7. Isearched for your house for ages, luckily 1 find it in the end. 8. She's 7 years old but she read yet —her parents are getting her extra lessons. 9. Tread the book three times but I understand it 10, James speak Japanese when he lived in Japan, but he’s forgotten most of it now © 2011 wow pect engi rac May be fiely copied for peso! er eusoom weIT. understand the chapter we had to read for homework. It was so difficult 12.7 lift this box — it’s too heavy! Would you help me? 13. Lucy make it to our meeting after all. She’s stuck in traffic at the moment. 14, John, play tennis really well. He’s champion of his club. 15. Unfortunately, | really sing at all! No-one in my family is musical either, 16. When the car broke down I was really pleased because I solve the problem. 17. Julian play excellent golf when he was only ten. 18, My grandmother use a computer until last month, Since then, she’s been taking lessons at the library. 19.1 open this window. I think it’s stuck! 20. Gill play the piano, She’s never studied it. ©2011 wow pefectengltegramna orn Maybe fiely oped for peso er easo we