III. Comprehension check

1. Answer the questions:

1. Where was Joe last month?

2. What was his vacation like?

3. What was the hotel like?

4. Who was Joe with?

5. Where were his children?

6. How many restaurants did the hotel have?

7. What was Joe’s favorite restaurant? Where was it located?

8. Why was it often crowded?

9. What was the interior like in Casa Pedro?

10. Did Joe and Monica like the atmosphere in Casa Pedro? What was it like?

11. What was the food like?

12. What dished did Joe and Monica often order?

13. What did Monica say about her dessert? Was it good?

14. How did they like the service?

15. Was Casa Pedro an expensive restaurant? How much was it usually to dine and wine there?

IV. Grammar: the Past simple tense

спряжение глагола to be (быть)

Глагол to be в past Simple имеет следующие формы

число / лицо	Утвердительная форма	Отрицательная форма	Вопросительная форма
1 л. ед. ч	I was	I was not (wasn’t)	Was I?
2 л. мн. ч.	you were	you were not (weren’t)	Were you?
3л. ед. ч.	he was she was it was	he was not (wasn’t) she was not (wasn’t) it was not (wasn’t)	Was he? Was she? Was it?
3 л. мн. ч.	they were	they were not (weren’t)	Were they?

Exercises

1. Complete the sentences using was or were.

1. He … very tired yesterday.

2. The dinner … delicious.

3. That fish … too spicy.

4. The restaurant … very crowded.

5. They … in France last summer.

6. She … a beautiful baby.

7. They … very pleased to see him.

8. I … not with them in the restaurant.

9. It … a good meal.

10. The children … very hungry.

11. The day … very warm so we … thirsty.

12. The waiter … not very helpful.

13. You … very angry with me last night.

14. I … in the cinema a week ago.

15. My coffee … cold.

16. The fruit … fresh.

17. It … an excellent choice.

18. Ruth … on holiday last week.

19. The drinks … not expensive.

20. The atmosphere … relaxed and quiet.

2. Complete the story using was or were.

It was a beautiful day. The sun … hot and the sky … blue. James and Wendy … on the beach. They … with their three children. The children … in the see. The see … a bit cold but the children … very happy. There … lots of other children in the see too: some of them … in the water with their parents. Wendy and James … on the sand and James … asleep with a book on his face. But suddenly there … grey clouds all over the sky and the sun … not hot any more. The beautiful weather … finished and there … wet picnics and wet people everywhere. A British summer holiday!

3. Ask ten questions about a friend’s trip to London using the table below. Then choose a short answer for each question.

Was Were

the underground trains the weather the streets the people the parks the airport the museums the shops the hotel the food

warm? comfortable? beautiful? friendly? busy? clean? expensive? good? fast? interesting?

Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.