Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the wordsthe world of the past (be) very different. people (not be) like us. they (have) different interests. forty years ago children (not / use) smartphones and (not / play) computer games. they (like) playing outside with their friends. other things they (do) in their free time were sports activities. it was very popular. they (go) ice-skating and (visit) sport grounds.in small towns of the past there weren't any cinemas, but there were theatres. a lot of people (attend) them. not a lot of people (have) cars, so the people (travel) by buses, trams and on foot. they (can) go a lot of kilometres on foot.

complete the sentences with the past simple form of the wordsthe world of the past was very different. people weren"t like us. they had different interests. forty years ago children didn"t use smartphones and didn"t play computer games. they liked playing outside with their friends. other things they did in their free time were sports activities. it was very popular. they went ice-skating and visited sport grounds.in small towns of the past there weren't any cinemas, but there were theatres. a lot of people attended them. not a lot of people had cars, so the people traveled by buses, trams and on foot. they could go a lot of kilometres on foot.

I (met) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They (were going) to Berlin and I (was going) to Madrid. We (had) a chat while we (were waiting) for our flights.
I (was cycling) home yesterday when suddenly a man (stepped) out into the road in front of me. I (was going) quite fast but luckily I (managed) to stop in time and (did not/hit) him. It (happened) when she (was painting) her room. She (fell) of the ladder. The train (arrived) at the station and Paula (got) off. Two friends of hers, John and Jenny (were waiting) to meet her. Yesterday Sue (was walking) along the road when she (met) Jim. He (was going) to the station to catch a train and he (was carrying) a bag. They (stopped) to talk for a few minutes.

Negative:
1) It wasn't snowing all day yesterday.
2) We weren't working at that time.
3) They weren't doing their homework when I came to see them.
4) My father wasn't reading a newspaper while my aunt was cooking dinner.
5) We weren't having dinner when our uncle came.
6) They weren't playing all day.
7) She wasn't working on her report all Sunday.
8) They weren't cleaning this flat all morning.

Interrogative:
1) Was it snowing all day yesterday?
2) Were we working at that time?
3) Were they doing their homework when I came to see them?
4) Was my father reading a newspaper while my aunt was cooking dinner?
5) Were we having dinner when our uncle came?
6) Were they playing all day?
7) Was she working on her report all Sunday?
8) Were they cleaning this flat all morning?