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Past Simple of
Verb To Be
- Use
- Actions or events that started and finished in the past
- Examples
- She was sick last week
- You weren't nice to me yesterday
- They were in London last summer
- She was sick last week
- Examples
- Actions or events that started and finished in the past
- Affirmative Sentences
- was
- were
- Examples
- I was in France last year
- You were a quiet child
- I was in France last year
- Form
- Subject + was/were
- Subject + was/were
- was
- Negative Sentences
- was not
- wasn't
- wasn't
- were not
- weren't
- weren't
- Form
- Subject + wasn't/weren't
- Subject + wasn't/weren't
- Examples
- I wasn't home yesterday
- You weren't quiet as a child
- I wasn't home yesterday
- was not
- Interrogative sentences
- Wh- Questions
- What
- Where
- When
- Who
- Example
- What was the name of the book
you recommended last week?
- What was the name of the book
you recommended last week?
- Form
- Wh question word + was/were
- Wh question word + was/were
- How
- Why
- Why
- What
- Yes/No Questions
- Examples
- Were you in class yesterday?
- Were you in class yesterday?
- Form
- was/were + Subject
- was/were + Subject
- Examples
- Wh- Questions
- Time expressions
- Yesterday
- The day before yesterday
- In 2006, in May...
- When I was...
- Last night/year/month/week/Sunday
- A week/ few days/month/year ago
- That day/night/week/month, etc.
- That day/night/week/month, etc.
- A week/ few days/month/year ago
- Last night/year/month/week/Sunday
- When I was...
- In 2006, in May...
- The day before yesterday
- Position in the sentence
- Generally, end of sentence.
Sometimes beginning of
sentence for emphasis
- Generally, end of sentence.
Sometimes beginning of
sentence for emphasis
- Yesterday
- I was
- You were
- He/She/it was
- You were
- We were
- They were
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