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

Answer 2

My school trip to Buckingham Palace

My school trip 1) was to Buckingham Palace. It is one of the queen’s homes. We 2) were there on Tuesday, and the queen and her family 3) were there. There 4) were a lot of wonderful armchairs and carpets, but my favourite thing 5) was the queen’s doll house. It 6) was a gift from the people of England many years ago. Most such houses are made for children, but the queen 7) was not a child at that time. She 8) was an adult. The doll house, all the rooms and people in it 9) were the copies of the real ones. The miniatures 10) were amazing. On the way home I 11) was dreaming. My mum and dad gave me a nice doll house for my last birthday, but it 12) was not so big. My sister Agatha, who 13) was just five, broke it. She didn’t do it for fun, her hands 14) were just too clumsy. Still, I 15) was a good sister and didn’t cry.