Read and complete. use is/are, was/were, wasn't/weren't 1.) it ____sunday yesterday and they _____at home 2.) kim _____at her grandmother's yesterday. 3.) she _____at home 4.) mum and dad ______ at work yesterday. 5.) they __________ in the village.

Here are the completed sentences using the appropriate forms of the verb "to be" (present and past): 1.) It was Sunday yesterday and they were at home. 2.) Kim was at her grandmother's yesterday. 3.) She wasn't at home. (or was) 4.) Mum and dad were at work yesterday. 5.) They weren't in the village. (or were) Grammar Explanation To choose the correct form, you must look at the subject (who) and the timeframe (when). Since these sentences refer to "yesterday," we use the past tense.

• Sentence 1: "It" takes was. "They" takes were.
• Sentence 2: "Kim" is a "she," so we use was.
• Sentence 3: Since Kim was at her grandmother's (Sentence 2), she wasn't at home.
• Sentence 4: "Mum and dad" are two people ("they"), so we use were.
• Sentence 5: If they were at work (Sentence 4), they weren't in the village.

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