Past form of "To be" was/were

Past form of “To be”

Geniş zaman ve Şimdiki zamanda  "be" olmak fiilinin Geçmiş zamandaki çekimi de "was/were" şeklindedir: 

Time expressions(zaman zarfları): yesterday, last ____ (herhangi biz zaman dilimi)    ________( herhangi biz zaman dilimi)ago

last week, last year an hour ago, two months ago

Positive(Olumlu)

I	was	tired
You	were	late
He	was	in bed
She	was	hungry
It	was	expensive
We	were	students
You	were	friends
They	were	at the cinema

You are late.(now)                 You were late yesterday

I am tired(now)                      I was tired last night.

When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.

Negative(Olumsuz)

I	was not/ wasn’t	tired
You	were not /weren’t	late
He	was not/ wasn’t	in bed
She	was not / wasn’t	hungry
It	was not / wasn’t	expensive
We	were not / weren’t	students
You	were not / weren’t	friends
They	were not / weren’t	at the cinema

He wasn’t at school yesterday.

The hotel wasn’t expensive.

We weren’t happy with the hotel.

Question (Soru)

Was	I	tired?
Were	You	late?
Was	He	in bed?
Was	She	hungry?
Was	It	expensive?
Were	We	students?
Were	You	friends?
Were	They	at the cinema?

Short answers

Yes, I/he/she/it         was                                             No, I/he/she/it         wasn’t

        We/you/they    were                                                  We/you/they    weren’t

Was Ali at work yesterday?

Yes, he was

No, he wasn’t

Were Susan and Michael at the party?

Yes, they were

No, they weren’t