Verb to be - past tense

The past tense of "to be" is used to join a subject with a word or words that tell something about the subject that happened in the past. We often use words such as "yesterday" or phrases such as "last week" or "last year" to indicate when something happened in the past .

The verb "be" is an irregular verb. We use "was" with a singular pronoun or noun and "were" with a plural pronoun or noun. An exception to this is the pronoun "you" which always uses "were".

Positive           

Negative form               

 Interrogative form

was I...?

Were you...?

Was he...?

Was she...?

Was it...?

Were they ...?

Were we...?

Examples:

I was a student.                 I was not a student                    Was I  a student?

The baby was tired.            The baby was not tired                Was the baby tired?

She was fat.                       She was not fat                        Was she fat?

You were sick.                    you were not sick                       Were you sick?

It was a fast car.                 It was not a fast car                    Was It a fast car? We were wet.

You were friends.                  You were not friends.                 Were You friends.?

The janitors were happy.        The janitors were not  happy            Were The janitors happy?