PAST SIMPLE: WAS - WERE - EXERCISES

TO BE: PAST SIMPLE

GRAMMAR

The simple past tense of the verb to be:

The affirmative form:

I, he, she, it	was.
you, we, they	were.

Examples:

• I was in Torrox in 1999.
• James was in Torrox in 1999, too.
• We were together.
• She was my girlfriend.

The interrogative form:

Was	I, he, she, it?
Were	you, we, they?

Examples:

• Were you in Madrid last year?
• Was Sam with you?
• Were you together?

The negative form:

I, you, he, she	was not.
	wasn't.
You, we, they	were not.
	weren't.

Examples:

• I wasn't in Rome in 1999.
• Annis wasn't in New York in 1999.
• We weren't in London.

Rememeber:

1. wasn't is the short form of was not. You can say either:

• I was not in Paris, or
• I wasn't in Paris.

2. weren't is the short form of were not. You can say either:

• we were not in Paris, or
• we weren't in Paris.

EXERCISES

              WAS or WERE?

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