Was Were with Emotions Worksheets | Simple Past Grammar for ESL ELL

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This collection of worksheets provides meaningful and engaging practice with the simple past of the verb to be through the topic of emotions and feelings. Students will strengthen their understanding of was and were while expanding their emotions vocabulary with a variety of reading, writing, speaking, and grammar activities.

Each activity encourages learners to use grammar in context rather than through isolated drills.

Designed for Elementary ESL and EFL learners, these print-and-go worksheets are perfect for independent practice, partner work, literacy centers, homework, morning work, and grammar review lessons

Fill in the Emotions Worksheets

This Was–Were Fill in the Emotions worksheets help students build vocabulary. Learners look at each picture, identify the emotion, and write the correct word in the space provided. This simple activity reinforces spelling. The worksheets can be used for independent work.

Reading and Identifying Sentences in the Past

These Was–Were reading worksheets help students connect emotions and feelings with simple past sentences. Learners read each sentence, identify the correct picture, and write the matching number. This activity reinforces reading comprehension, emotion vocabulary, pronouns, and the correct use of was and were in affirmative, negative, and question forms.

The worksheets are perfect for independent practice, literacy centers, morning work, homework, and grammar review. They also encourage students to carefully read for meaning while building confidence with past-tense sentence patterns in a fun and engaging way.

Choose the Correct Verb: Was or Were

Learners look at the picture clues, read each sentence, and choose the correct form—was or were—to complete affirmative, negative, and question sentences.

This activity helps students strengthen their understanding of subject-verb agreement while reviewing emotions and feelings vocabulary. The worksheets are ideal for grammar practice.

Who? Reading and Answering Activity

 Learners look at the pictures and character names, then answer Who...? questions using the correct person. Students will build reading comprehension and sentence formation skills.

This engaging activity is perfect for literacy centers.

How Were You? – First Person Writing Practice

Learners look at each picture and answer the question "How were you?" by writing complete sentences in the first person using I was or We were.

Students will identify the emotion shown in each picture and answer the question How were you?

Use for  homework, or review lessons by having them connect emotions with real-life language.

Negative Sentence Practice

This worksheet helps students master the negative form of the simple past of to be by changing affirmative sentences into negative ones.

This engaging grammar drill is ideal for early finishers, or quick review activities. By repeatedly transforming sentences, ESL and ELL students build fluency with the simple past of to be and gain confidence using negative sentence patterns.

How Were You? Personal Writing Activity

This worksheet encourages students to connect grammar with their own experiences by answering the question "How were you?" in the simple past.  Students will read the time prompts and questions.

This meaningful activity promotes communication, creativity, and grammar accuracy.

WH Questions Practice with Was and Were

Answer WH questions in the simple past of the verb to be. Learners look carefully at the pictures, identify the characters and the situations, and answer questions using Who, Where, and When.

As students complete the activity, they practice using was and were in meaningful contexts while reinforcing emotions vocabulary and time expressions.

Color and Write Affirmative Sentences

This worksheet gives students the opportunity to practice the simple past of the verb to be by completing affirmative sentences with emotions vocabulary. This engaging activity is ideal for grammar review lessons for Elementary ESL and EFL learners.

Interview worksheet

Students walk around asking the question "How were you yesterday?" They interview a classmate, listen carefully to the answers, and write complete sentences about their partner's feelings and emotions in the simple past.

The interview worksheet is perfect for pair work and speaking centers.

After completing the interview activity, bring the class together to share their answers and create a tally chart on the board. As students report how their classmates were feeling, the teacher records the most common emotions using tally marks. This simple extension transforms individual interviews into a collaborative class survey.

This whole-group activity encourages speaking, listening, and critical thinking as students discuss the class data.

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