Past simple (TO BE)

WAS & WERE

In the past tense TO BE has 2 forms: WAS and WERE

 

I

WAS

WE

WERE

YOU

WERE

YOU

WERE

HE / SHE / IT

WAS

THEY

WERE

 

• I was at home last night.

• They were very tired.

 

Making the negative and questions

 

- to make a sentence negative use NOT

- to make a questions start with WAS / WERE

 

• I was not at home. / I wasn’t at home.

• Was Jim in the cinema?

• Were many people at the meeting?