ingilizce dersler ve testler: Unit 11 / Lesson 1 / was

Unit 11 / Lesson 1 / was - were

was - were	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Unit 11
Was and Were
Usage		Examples
was - were was and were are the past forms of be We use them to give information about people and things, or to talk about existence with *There...* in the past.		I was ill yesterday. She was at home last night. They were doctors. There were trees in the garden ten years ago.
with names, nouns and pronouns		His name was Robert. He was a student. It was her on the right. They were Italians.
with possessives		It was mine. They were John's. It was hers.
with adjectives		He was crazy. I was hungry. They were naughty. The car was black.
with prepositional places		Raul was here an hour ago. I was in the kitchen in the morning. Angela was at the door two minutes ago.
with time references, age and price		The exam was yesterday. I was ten years old. It was 20 TL. It was £20.
with There...		There were children in the garden. There was an apple on the plate.
with empty subject (weather, temperature, ...)		It was hot yesterday. It was rainy. It was 10 °C last night.
in affirmatives		I was late You were late She was late He was late It was late We were late You were late They were late
in negatives		I wasn't late You weren't late She wasn't late He wasn't late It wasn't late We weren't late You weren't late They weren't late