present and past

Name:_________________________________

Fill in the blanks with   am, is, are , was or were

Today, I 1. ___________ at home. It 2. ___________Saturday morning and it  3. ____________ very cold.  Last month, my family and I 4. ______________on holiday in Canada. The weather 5. ____________ fantastic!  It 6. _____________ really hot and sunny. We 7. ____________ happy then.

The last vacation 8. _______________ great,  but now I 8. ___________  happy to be back.   It 9. ___________ nice to be  with all my friends. _

Twenty years ago, there 1. _____________ no cars on the street where I lived. There 2. _____________ only one bakery in the whole town. There 3.____________ no Internet at that time, so we sent letters to communicate with friends and family who lived far away.  I didn't like to go to school because, the bus stop 4._______________ far away from my house.

Now, the street in front of my house 5. ________________always very busy. There 6. ____________________ many cars and buses. There 7.___________________ also many shops and there  8.____________ big a department store right next to my house!

Yesterday , there 1.____________ a police blockade on the road because there 2.______________ a robbery. I 3.______________ very scared  and my parents 4._______________ worried because it happened in front of my house. This morning, I heard that the robber got caught and I 5.__________ glad that finally our place 6.___________ safe!

It 1. ____________ Monday today, and the weather  2.______________ sunny and warm. We 3.___________ in the garden chatting and eating ice cream.

The last few days it 4._____________ cold and rainy. We 5.__________ inside watching TV.  

On Christmas last year, my family and I 1._______________ in the mountains. There 2.___________ not many people because the weather 3.____________ bad. However, it 4.____________ still a lot of fun because there 5._______________ a lot of interesting things to do.

This year, we 6.________________ at home. It 7.______________ cold outside but warm inside. We, children 8.___________ in the bedroom playing board games. Mother  9.___________ in the kitchen preparing dinner.

She 10._______________ in the supermarket this morning. She spent a lot of time shopping because there 11._____________ so many things on sale.  It 12.___________ really hard to decide what to buy and what not.

At the moment, Father 13.______________ in the living room. He 14._______ busy decorating the Christmas tree. He 15.____________ at the market this morning buying Christmas tree decorations. The whole town 16._____________ very busy this morning, but now it 17.__________ empty.  Everybody 18. _______________ at home celebrating Christmas.