VERB TO BE IN PAST (WAS, WERE)

USES
1. EXISTENCE AND PERMANENCE IN PAST
SENTENCES
1. +) SUBJECT+VERB TO BE IN PAST+C
2. -) SUBJEC+VERB TO BE IN PAST+NOT+C
3. ?) VERB TO BE IN PAST+SUBJECT+C+?
4. ?) Q.W.+VERB TO BE IN PAST+SUBJECT+?
EXAMPLE
1. +)SHE WAS IN FRANCE LAST MONT
2. -) I WAS NOT SICK LAST WEEK
3. ?) WERE YOU IN CLASS YESTERDAY?
4. ?) WHO WAS SHE?
NOTES
1. YOU CAN USE A SHORT FROM TO NEGATIVE SENTENCES
  1. WAS NOT=WASN'T
  2. WERE NOT=WEREN'T
2. WHEN DO WE USE "WAS" AND "WERE"
  1. WAS WHEN IS SINGULAR (I, SHE, HE, IT)
  2. WERE WHEN IS PLURAL (YOU, WE, THEY)

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	Created by Monserrat Moya Jimenez about 12 years ago