Structures

Simple past Verb Be

Affirmative Statement
The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE

Subject + Was/Were + Complement

Negative Statement
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).

Subject + Was/Were + Not + Complement

To Be - Negative Contractions
The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining
the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of
the subject and the verb (e.g. I was)

Yes/No Question
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Was/Were + Subject + Complement + ?

The last part is not necessary. We use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the
meaning is clear.

** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers.

Information Question

Information words + Was/Were + Subject + Complement + ?