1 Write was, were, wasn’t or weren’t into the gaps to complete these sentences. You need to put two answers in questions 5, 6 and 7. 0 Who was the first president of the USA? 1 How old ____________ you in 2010? 2 Who ____________ the first person in space? 3 There ____________ any mobile phones 100 years ago. 4 Uruguay ____________ the first winner of the football World Cup in 1930. 5 My grandad ____________ alive in 1930 – he ____________ born in 1939. 6 We ____________ at home at 6 o’clock yesterday – we ____________ out at the cinema with our friends. 7 Denny ____________ very happy because his friends ____________ very late! 2 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t. Chris: 0 Were you at college yesterday? Mel: No, I 1 ____________. I 2 ____________ at my grandma’s house. Chris: Oh, why 3 ____________ you there? Mel: It 4 ____________ her eightieth birthday. Chris: 5 ____________ everyone in your family there? Mel: No, they 6 ____________. My brother 7 ____________ there. Chris: Why not? Mel: He 8 ____________ at work.