1.Complete the tables with the words.

(Hoàn thành bảng sau với các từ cho sẵn.)

reading         was             was           Was         Was             wasn’t             wasn’t          were       Were weren’t

Questions
(What)	Was  1               2	I he/she/it you/we/they	3             in class?
Short answers
Affirmative Yes, I 4               Yes, he/she/it 5                Yes, /you/we/they 6		Negative No, I  7              No, he/she/it 8               No, /you/we/they 9

1. Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn’t and weren’t. Then check your answers in the text on page 36.

(Hoàn thành các câu với was, were, wasn’t và weren’t. Sau đó, kiểm tra câu trả lời của bạn trong phần văn bản ở trang 36.)

1 Last week I ………… with my friends inthe History Museum of Hồ Chí Minh City.

2 The clothes ………… comfortable at all.

3 The school trip to the Natural History Museum ………… boring.

4 The exhibits ………… really interesting.

5………… Bluebird strange? Yes, it ………… very big and long.

 2. Look at the sentences in exercise 1. Then complete the Rules using the correct form of was and were. 

(Nhìn vào các câu trong bài tập 1. Sau đó, hoàn thành các Quy tắc bằng cách sử dụng dạng đúng của was và were.)

 3. Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn’t and weren’t.

(Hoàn thành các câu với was, were, wasn’t và weren’t.)

Mai and her friends were in the History Museum of Hồ Chí Minh City last week. ✓

1 The clothing exhibition ……….. boring. ✗

2 Bluebird ……….. a motorbike. ✗

3 The Nguyễn Dynasty ……….. from 1802to 1945. ✓

4 ……….. the Natural History Museuminteresting? Yes, it………..   . ✓

5 ……….. the dinosaurs unpopular? No, they………..   . ✗

4. Write questions and short answers for the sentences in exercise 3.

(Viết câu hỏi và câu trả lời ngắn gọn cho các câu trong bài tập 3.)

Were Mai and her friends in the History Museum of Hô Chí Minh City last week?

(Mai và những người bạn của cô ấy có ở Bảo tàng Lịch sử Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh tuần trước không?)

Yes, they were.

(Có.)

5. Choose the correct words.

(Chọn từ đúng.)

1 There was / were a car from 1964.

2 There was / were lots and lots of cars.

3 There wasn’t / weren’t a good café.

4 There wasn’t / weren’t any exciting animals.

6. Write sentences about an event in your town / city last year. Use There was and There were.

Think about:

(Viết câu về một sự kiện ở thị trấn / thành phố của bạn vào năm ngoái. Sử dụng There wasvà There were.

Nghĩ về: )

It was in the town centre. It was in May last year ...

(Nó ở trung tâm thị trấn. Đó là vào tháng Năm năm ngoái ...)

7. USE IT! Write questions with was and were and the words in the box. Then ask and answer the questions with your partner.

(THỰC HÀNH! Viết câu hỏi với was và were và các từ vào ô trống. Sau đó hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi với bạn của bạn.)

1 ……………. you at 8 o’clock this morning?

2 ……………. your first teacher?

3 ……………. Lê Quý Đôn?

4 ……………. your last English test?

5……………. your first visit to a museum?

6……………. the last SEA Games?

Where were you at8 o’clock this morning?

(Bạn đã ở đâu lúc 8 giờ sáng nay?)

I was on the bus. 

(Tôi đã ở trên xe buýt.)

Finished? Write quiz questions about the museum on the website you know.

(Bạn đã hoàn thành? Viết các câu hỏi đố vui về bảo tàng trên trang web mà bạn biết.)

2.MEMORY GAME. Work in groups. Follow the instructions.

(TRÒ CHƠI GHI NHỚ. Làm việc nhóm. Làm theo chỉ dẫn.)

3. Write sentences using the affirmative (✔), negative (✘) or question (?) form of was or were.

(Viết các câu sử dụng dạng khẳng định (✔), phủ định (✘) hoặc câu hỏi (?) Của was hoặc were.)

1 the tour / very interesting ✔

2 the tunnels / really old ✔

3 what / the name of the tour ?

4 the visit to the old town / very long ✘

5 the tour guide / good ?

6 our teacher / with us on the trip ✔

7 the tourists / scared of the dark ✘

8 your friends / at the museum too ?

2. Find more examples of was / were in the dialogue in Exercise 1.

(Tìm thêm ví dụ về was / were trong đoạn hội thoại ở Bài tập 1.)

3. Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t. Listen and check.

(Hoàn thành cuộc đối thoại với đã, đã, không hoặc không. Nghe và kiểm tra.)

Kyle: Where (1)____ you yesterday, Zaddie?

Zadie: I (2)____ with Madge. We (3)____ at the shops.

Kyle: (4)____ you at the shops in the centre?

Zadie: Yes, we (5)____.

Kyle: (6)____ it busy?

Zadie: No, it (7)____. There (8)____ any people there because the shops (9)____ closed. It (10)____ a public holiday. There (11)____ only one shop open, a newsagent’s!

4. Use the words below to make sentences about the cartoon. Use there was / were.

(Sử dụng các từ dưới đây để đặt câu về phim hoạt hình. Sử dụng there was / were.)

3. Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

(Hoàn thành các câu với was, wasn’t, were hoặc aren’t.)

Dolly the sheep

+ Why (1) _____ Dolly famous?

+ She (2) _____ the first animal clone in the world.

+ (3) _____ Dolly from England?

+ No, she (4) _____ . She (5) _____ Scottish, from the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh.

+ (6) _____ there any other clones at that institute?

+ Yes, there (7) _____, but Dolly (8) _____ the first one.

1.Complete the table with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t. 

(Hoàn thành bảng sau với was, were, wasn’t or weren’t.)

2.Complete the questions with what, where or who, and was or were. Then choose the correct answer.

(Hoàn thành các câu hỏi với what, where who, was và were. Sau đó chọn câu trả lời đúng.)

1 Where were the artists Michelangelo and Raphael from?

a Spain                               b France                                c Italy

2 the name of Shakespeare’s play about a young man and a young woman?

a Romeo and Juliet                      b Hamlet               c King Lear

3 the first president of the United States?

a George Washington                  b Abraham Lincoln                c John F.Kennedy

4 the first Olympic games competition?

a Rome                    b Cairo                   c Olympia

3.Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với was, wasn’t, were hoặc weren’t.)

The tunnels under the city were dark and dangerous places in the 18th century.

(Các đường hầm dưới thành phố là những nơi tối tăm và nguy hiểm vào thế kỷ 18.)

1 Cara at the concert last Friday because she ill.

2 Weinterested in that long, boring story. It very exciting.

3 Who your guide at the museum?

4 The visitors  happy with coffee in the café. Itcold and expensive!

5 The weather is good today, but yesterday it really bad.

6 ‘  you brave on the tour of the tunnels?’ ‘No, we !’

5.Imagine you went on a school trip. Write sentences about the trip with there was and there were. Use the words to help you.

(Hãy tưởng tượng bạn đã tham gia một chuyến đi của trường. Viết các câu về chuyến đi với there was and there. Sử dụng các từ để giúp bạn.)

1. Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were and weren’t.

(Hoàn thành câu với was, wasn’t, were và weren’t.)

1. I wasn’t at school last week because I ___ on holiday with my parents.

2. We ___ in Spain, on the south coast.

3. We ___ in a very expensive hotel because dad wanted a cheap holiday! But it ___ nice and there ___ a lot of teenagers there – cool for me!

4. Our hotel! ___ on the beach and I ___ in the water every day!

5. It ___ very hot, but the sea ___ quite warm and good for swimming.

6. There ___ an aquarium near the hotel and there ___ some interesting fish! There ___ any sharks or dolphins – just small fish.

2. Order the words to make questions.

(Sắp xếp các từ để tạo thành câu hỏi.)

3. Read the sentences and make questions about the underlined words.

(Đọc các câu và đặt câu hỏi về những từ gạch chân.)

1. We were in Sapa last week.

When were you in Sapa?

2. They were in the park at lunchtime.

_______?

3. I was with Mai Anh after school.

_______?

4. The weather was hot in Hồ Chí Minh City.

_______?

5. The film was on TV at 7.30.

_______?

6. Minh was on the phone.

______?

4. Complete the dialogue with the correct words.

(Hoàn thành cuộc hội thoại với các từ đúng.)