Question

Complete the text with the correct past form of to be (was/were).

My school trip to Buckingham Palace

My school trip 1) _______ to Buckingham Palace. It is one of the Queen’s homes. We 2) _______ there on Tuesday, and the Queen and her family 3) _______ there.

There 4) _______ a lot of wonderful armchairs and carpets, but my favourite thing 5) _______ the Queen’s doll house. It 6) _______ a gift from the people of England many years ago. Most such houses are made for children, but the queen 7) _______ not a child at that time. She 8) _______ an adult. The doll house, all the rooms and people in it 9) _______ the copies of the real ones. The miniatures 10) _______ amazing.

On the way home I 11) _______ dreaming. My mum and dad gave me a nice doll house for my last birthday, but it 12) _______ not so big. My sister Agatha, who 13) _______ just five, broke it. She didn’t do it for fun, her hands 14) _______ just too clumsy. Still, I 15) _______ a good sister and didn’t cry.

Answer 1

1) was
2) were
3) were
4) were
5) was
6) was
7) was
8) was
9) were
10) were