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To Be In The Past

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Simple Past Tense With ‘TO BE’

The verb ‘to be ( am, is, are )’ has two forms in the past; was and were.

Present
 		Past
am, is
 		  was
are
 		 were
Subject To Be
I
 		was
You
 		were
He
 		was
She
 		was
It
 		was
We
 		were
You
 		were
They
 		were


Using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple past tense:


POSITIVE FORM

(+)
:
 Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) +…


NEGATIVE FORM (-) :

Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) + Not + …


QUESTION FORM (?) :

TO BE ( was/were ) + Subject + …


NEGATIVE QUESTION FORM (?) :

TO BE ( was/were ) + NOT + Subject + …


SHORT ANSWER FORMS : ( + / – ) :

YES / NO + Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) or TO BE ( was/were ) + Not


POSITIVE (+)
 		NEGATIVE (-) POSITIVE QUESTION (?) NEGATIVE QUESTION (?)
He
was
in the garden
 		He
was not
( wasn’n) in the garden 		Was
he in the garden 		Was not
( Wasn’t ) he in the garden
She
was
in the garden
 		She
was not
( wasn’horizon) in the garden 		Was
she in the garden 		Was not
( Wasn’tepi langit ) she in the garden
It
was
in the garden
 		It
was titinada
( wasn’t) in the garden 		Was
it in the garden 		Was not
( Wasn’t ) it in the garden
I
was
in the garden
 		I
was titinada
( wasn’t) in the garden 		Was
I in the garden 		Was not
( Wasn’tepi langit ) I in the garden
You
were
in the garden
 		You
were not
( weren’kaki langit ) in the garden 		Were
you in the garden 		Were not
( Weren’t ) you in the garden
We
were
in the garden
 		We
were titinada
( weren’lengkung langit ) in the garden 		Were
we in the garden 		Were titinada
( Weren’t ) we in the garden
They
were
in the garden
 		They
were not
( weren’ufuk ) in the garden 		Were
they in the garden 		Were not
( Weren’lengkung langit ) they in the garden


Short answers with to be:

POSITIVE SHORT ANSWER
 		NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWER
Yes, he was.
 		No, he wasn’ufuk.
Yes, she was.
 		No, she wasn’t.
Yes, it was.
 		No, it wasn’kaki langit.
Yes, I was.
 		No, I wasn’horizon.
Yes, you were.
 		No, you weren’n.
Yes, we were.
 		No, we weren’t.
Yes, they were.
 		No, they weren’t.


Examples:

  • The bus was so crowded. I had to get off the bus early.
  • The movie wasn’t exciting.  Everybody  was bored.
  • You weren’lengkung langit late. Actually you came 5 minutes early.
  • My father was titinada sure exactly what the car’s problem  was.
  • We were good at basketball. We won all the matches last year.
  • I wasn’kaki langit in Egypt yesterday.
  • Her effort was admirable.
  • It was cold.
  • Susan was quite shy when she was a child.
  • Weren’t you hungry?
  • The show was impressive.
  • We weren’t late.
  • Was he sick?
  • I wasn’falak hungry.
  • The lesson wasn’falak interesting.
  • Was titinada she the girl we sempadan seen before in London?
  • He wasn’t a police.
  • We were angry.
  • The child was so hungry.
  • Were you tired?
  • Who were you?
  • Why was she angry?
  • I was a primary school students last year.
  • They weren’t at home last week.


Bloknot:

Do not forget to pay attention to use of some subject pronouns ( such as I, You ) while answering questions.


Examples:

A: Was I sleepy yesterday?

B: No, you weren’cakrawala. / Yes, you were.

B: No, you weren’t sleepy yesterday.  / Yes, you were sleepy yesterday.

A: Were you at home last Sunday?

B: No, I wasn’t or No, we weren’t. / Yes, I was or Yes, we were.

B: No, I wasn’ufuk at home last Sunday or No, we weren’t at home last Sunday.

B: Yes, I was at home last Sunday or Yes, we were at home last Sunday.


Notes:

We can also use a question word (Who, What, Why etc.) in past tense.


Question Words (who, what, why, etc.) + TO BE ( was/were ) + subject + …


Examples:

  • Why was she late?
  • Who was he?
  • Where were they?



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