17 - PAST SIMPLE - VERB "BE"

PAST SIMPLE  -  Verb  "be"

FORM:

I was                        I wasn't                 Was  I ...?       Yes, you were.  /  No, you weren't.

You were                 You weren't.          Were you...?   Yes, I was.  /   No, I wasn't.

He/She/It  was         He/she/it wasn't    Was he/she/it .....?   Yes, he/she/it  was.  /  No, he/she/it wasn't.

We were                  We weren't             Were we...?   Yes, you were.  /   No, you weren't.

You were                 You weren't            Were you...?   Yes, we were.  /   No, we weren't.

They were                They weren't         Were they....?  Yes, they were.  / No, they weren't.


USE:

We use the past simple to talk about an action or state in the definite past.

For Example:

Where were you yesterday at 5pm?
I was a home.

When were you born?
I was born in 1968.