Глагол to be (Past Simple)

Глагол to be (Past Simple)  

Глагол be (быть) в прошедшем времени имеет две формы: was и were.
was - употребляется для единтсвенного числа;
were - для множественного числа. Местоимение you в английском языке всегда стоит во множественном числе.

I/He/She/It	was	(not)	late.
We/You/They	were

 

 

I was at home. I wasn't at home. - You were at home. You weren't at home.
It was sunny yesterday.
My friends were in the park last Sunday.

Was	I/he/she/it	late?	Yes, I was./No, I wasn't.
Were	we/you/they		Yes, we were./No, we weren' t.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was it a good book? - Yes, it was. Were your parents at the theatre? - No, they weren't.

Were you at school yesterday? - No, I wasn't.

Употребление:
Was и were являются прошедшими формами глагола быть. Так же как и в настоящем времени, was/were употребляется для связки разных частей речи (местоимения и существительного, двух существительных, существительного и прилагательного...) в предложениях.
 

Tests- was/were