Simple Past Tense With ‘TO BE’

The verb ‘to be ( am, is, are )’ has two forms in the past; was and were.

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Present |Past
am, is |  was
are | were
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Subject  |To Be
I |was
You |were
He |was
She |was
It |was
We |were
You |were
They |were
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Using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple past tense:

POSITIVE FORM (+) :  Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) +…

NEGATIVE FORM (-) : Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) + NOT + …

QUESTION FORM (?) : TO BE ( was/were ) + Subject + …

NEGATIVE QUESTION FORM (?) : TO BE ( was/were ) + NOT + Subject + …

SHORT ANSWER FORMS : ( + / – ) : YES / NO + Subject + TO BE ( was/were ) or TO BE ( was/were ) + NOT

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POSITIVE (+) | NEGATIVE (-) | POSITIVE QUESTION (?) | NEGATIVE QUESTION (?)
He was in the garden |He was not ( wasn’t) in the garden |Was he in the garden |Was not ( Wasn’t ) he in the garden
She was in the garden |She was not ( wasn’t) in the garden |Was she in the garden |Was not ( Wasn’t ) she in the garden
It was in the garden |It was not ( wasn’t) in the garden |Was it in the garden |Was not ( Wasn’t ) it in the garden
I was in the garden |I was not ( wasn’t) in the garden |Was I in the garden |Was not ( Wasn’t ) I in the garden
You were in the garden |You were not ( weren’t ) in the garden |Were you in the garden |Were not ( Weren’t ) you in the garden
We were in the garden |We were not ( weren’t ) in the garden |Were we in the garden |Were not ( Weren’t ) we in the garden
They were in the garden |They were not ( weren’t ) in the garden |Were they in the garden |Were not ( Weren’t ) they in the garden
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Short answers with to be:

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POSITIVE SHORT ANSWER |NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWER
Yes, he was. |No, he wasn’t.
Yes, she was. |No, she wasn’t.
Yes, it was. |No, it wasn’t.
Yes, I was. |No, I wasn’t.
Yes, you were. |No, you weren’t.
Yes, we were. |No, we weren’t.
Yes, they were. |No, they weren’t.
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Notes:

Do not forget to pay attention to use of some subject pronouns ( such as I, You ) while answering questions.

Notes:

We can also use a question word (Who, What, Why etc.) in past tense.

Question Words (who, what, why, etc.) + TO BE ( was/were ) + subject + …

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