Grammar

LESSON 31

Past Tense of Be (Was-Were)

Examples About the Use of Was  and Were in Different Forms 
of Sentences 

(Değişik Cümle Yapılarında Was ve Were  Kullanımı İle İlgili Örnekler)

Positive and Negative Sentences

1) Peter was at the theatre.

2) Last June, I was in Europe.

3) Charlie Chaplin was film actor.

4) Albert Einstein was a scientist.

5) The meeting was at nine o'clock.

6) We were late yesterday morning.

7) We were at the cinema last night.

8) The weather was good yesterday.

9) Picasso and Van Gogh were artists.

10) I was in Ankara last week. I wasn't here.

11) Celal Bayar  and Turgut Özal were presidents.

12) Ömer and Pınar were happy after the meeting.

13) There weren't any cars in Rize one hundred years ago.

14) Ali was at school yesterday. But Ahmet wasn't with him.

15) Zeynep was in Izmir two weeks ago. He wasn't in Ankara. He was there.

Questions and Short Answers 

1) Was Veli ill last week? Yes, he was.

2) Was the weather nice? No, it wasn't.

3) Were you at school yesterday? Yes I was.

4) Was the play last night? No. It was last Friday.

5) Were you  at the picnic on Saturday? Yes, I was.

6) Were you at the meeting yesterday?  Yes, I was.

7) Were we in France two years ago? Yes, we were.

8) Were Kemal and Aylin in college last year? Yes, they were. 

9) Was Hakan at home last night? No, he wasn't. He was at the garage.

10) Was there a footbal match on television yesterday? No there wasn't.