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Was/were/ wasn't/ weren't - English lesson

🔹 1. Present → Past
The verb be changes in the past:

am / is → was
(I am / He is → I was / He was)

are → were
(You are / They are → You were / They were)

🔹 2. Affirmative sentences
Use was or were:

I / he / she / it → was
Example: She was at school.

we / you / they → were
Example: You were late.

🔹 3. Negative sentences
To make negative forms, add not:

was not = wasn't

were not = weren't

Examples:

I was at home. → I wasn't at school.

They were sad. → They weren't happy.

🔹 4. Questions (Interrogative form)
To ask a question, move was / were before the subject:

He was tired. → Was he tired?

They were outside. → Where were they?

🔹 5. Common Mistakes - Be careful!
❌ Don't use did with was / were
✅ Was she there?
❌ Did she be there?

❌ Don't use was with you
✅ You were happy.
❌ You was happy.

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1. It waswasn'tdidn'tI don't know rainy yesterday. It was sunny.

2. My mother werewasdidI don't know busy this morning.

3. My sisters werewasn'tdidn't beI don't know in Paris last summer

4. We had eaten too much in the morning so we wereweren'twasn'tI don't know hungry at lunch time.

5. Why were youwas youyou wasI don't know late for class yesterday?

6. I could read when I wasamwereI don't know four years old.

7. Where werewasdidI don't know you born?

8. WeredidwasI don't know Harry and Diana at the party last Tuesday?

9. They wereweren'twasn'tI don't know at the party because they were too tired to go out.

10. was hehe wasdid heI don't know at the doctor's two days ago?