Guia Ingles

GRAMMAR: was / were

The past tense of verb to be is was / were.

• Examples: - Godzilla was a Japanese film.

- Charlie´s Angels and Mission Impossible were television programmers.

I / He / She / It  was

You / We / They  were

Speaking 1. Look at the film posters. Do you know them?

2. Read the article again and complete the sentences with words from the text.

1) ____________________ are good for business in Hollywood.

2) ____________________ was a film from Japan.

3) ___________________ was a gorilla in New York.

4) _______________________________ and _____________________________ were Hollywood remakes in 2000.

3. Listen and put the sentences in the past tense.

1) The film is at seven o´clock. ______________________________________________

2) The tickets are expensive. _________________________________________________

3) You are on the street. ___________________________________________________

4) It is cold. _____________________________________________________

5) I am late. ____________________________________________________

6) You are angry. _______________________________________________

4. Complete the texts about television shows and films with the verb to be in the past.

1) The first James Bond film __________ Dr No (1962). The actor Sean Connery _______ James Bond.

2) Bewitched __________ a television programme from the 1960s. Nicole Kidman ________ in the 2005 Hollywood remake.

3) The original Star Trek ________ on television from 1966 to 1969.

4) The American television programmes X- files and Friends ___________ very popular in the 1990s.

5) The Lord of the Rings ______ a book by JRR Tolkein before it _________ a series of Hollywood films.

La regla número uno de la televisión y el cine es 'Si funciona, hacerlo de nuevo'. Remakes son un gran negocio en Hollywood. Nos fijamos en algunos remakes populares y sus orígenes.

Ángeles de Charlie fue un programa de televisión de la década de 1970. el'Angels' eran tres mujeres detectives. El remake de Hollywood fue en 2000. ______

El original King Kong era una película de 1933 sobre un gorila gigante en la ciudad de Nueva York. Gojira fue una película japonesa de 1954 acerca de un monstruo gigante del mar. Los remakes de Hollywood estaban en 1998 (Godzilla) y 2005 (King Kong). ______ _______

Las películas de Misión Imposible con Tom Cruise (Misión Imposible / fue en 1996, en 2000 y // ///

...