Remember that we use was with the pronouns I, she, he, it y were with the pronouns they, we, you. We can make sentences with was and were such as: I was happy.
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Negative Sentences with Was and Were.
was | was not | wasn't |
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were | were not | weren't |
When to use were or was?
When to use were
Whereas was is the singular past tense of to be, were is used for both the third person plural past tense (they and we) and the second person past tense (you). In the past indicative, were acts similar to was. “They were at the store,” you could say, for example.
Where to use was and were in a sentence?
If you want to remember easily, you can think of was/were as the past tense form of the auxiliary verbs am, is and are. Generally, “was is used for singular objects and “were” is used for plural objects. So, you will use “was” with I, he, she and it while you will use “were” with you, we and they.
Whats were in a sentence?
Use "were" as a past tense verb, as the: First-person plural of "be" (We "were" busy last week.) Second-person singular and plural of "be" (You "were" busy last week.) Third-person plural of "be" (They "were" busy last week.)