lise 9 ingilizce: was were (past simple)

- Elementary Level
- Past Simple
- Past forms of to be
- was, were
- usage and structure

Was and Were

Usage	Examples
was - were was and were are the past forms of be We use them to give information about people and things, or to talk about existence with *There...* in the past.	I was ill yesterday. She was at home last night. They were doctors. There were trees in the garden ten years ago.
with names, nouns and pronouns	His name was Robert. He was a student. It was her on the right. They were Italians.
with possessives	It was mine. They were John's. It was hers.
with adjectives	He was crazy. I was hungry. They were naughty. The car was black.
with prepositional places	Raul was here an hour ago. I was in the kitchen in the morning. Angela was at the door two minutes ago.
with time references, age and price	The exam was yesterday. I was ten years old. It was 20 TL. It was £20.
with There...	There were children in the garden. There was an apple on the plate.
with empty subject (weather, temperature, ...)	It was hot yesterday. It was rainy. It was 10 °C last night.
in affirmatives	I was late You were late She was late He was late It was late We were late You were late They were late
in negatives	I wasn't late You weren't late She wasn't late He wasn't late It wasn't late We weren't late You weren't late They weren't late

was were (past simple)