Past Tense - Verb "to be"
Infinitive
to be (is, am, are)
was, were
Singular - Einzahl
I was - Ich war
You were - Du warst
He was - Er war
She was - Sie war
It was - Er, sie, es war
Plural - Mehrzahl
We were - Wir waren
You were - Ihr wart
They were - Sie waren
Question:
John was at home. Was John at home?
They were late. Were they late?
Negation:
Sandy was at the cinema yesterday.
Sandy was not (wasn't) at the cinema yesterday
The children were in Vienna last week.
The children were not (weren't) in Vienna last week.
Signalwords:
yesterday - gestern
last weeek (month, year) - letzte Woche (Monat, Jahr)
in 2001
the day before yesterday - vorgestern
three days (minutes, weeks, months, years) ago - vor drei Tagen (Minuten, Wochen, Monaten, Jahren)
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
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