M 28 Complete the sentences with the past simple of be.

0 1 (not) a Republic in 1930. Britain wasn't Enzo Ferrari, the creator of Ferrari cars, ...... from Modena. 2 Turin........................ the first capital of Italy in the 1860s. 3 The members of the pop group Abba ...... (not) Danish. 4 France and Italy ....... of the European Coal and Steel Community. 5 Berlin..... (not) the capital of West Germany in the 1970s. 6 John Lennon....... founder members .......(not) American.​