LESSON 15 : WAS - WERE

LESSON 15 : WAS - WERE 


VERB "TO BE" 

SUBJECT	PRESENT	PAST
I	am	was
You	are	were
He, she, it	is	was
We, you, they	are	were

AÇIKLAMALAR:

"Be" fiili 3 yapıda kullanılır. a) Subject + be + noun b) Subject + be + adjective c) Subject + be + prepositional phrase a) Subject + be + noun Present : I am a teacher now. Past: I was a student 20 years ago. Present: We are students at the University now. Past: We were students at the high school 5 years ago. b) Subject + be + adjective Present : The questions are very difficult this year. Past: The questions were very easy last year. Present: He is very happy now. Past: He was very angry yesterday. c) Subject + be + prepositional phrase Present : She is in Ankara now. Past: She was in İzmir yesterday. Present: His laptop is on the table. Past: It was in the bag in the morning.

QUESTION FORMS

We use "was, were" before subjects to make questions. Why were they shocked? Because she was in love. Who was upset? John was upset. Where was Mrs. Peters? She was in the hospital. Was he at home? No, he wasn't. Were they tired? Yes, they were.

EXERCISES 

Put "was, wasn't, were, weren't" in the blanks. This morning class     was     wasn't      were     weren't    very interesting. We talked about our first day in the U.S. Many students     was     wasn't      were     weren't    Afraid, but some (neg.)     was     wasn't      were     weren't    afraid at all. Wing     was     wasn't      were     weren't    Born in China. He     was     wasn't      were     weren't    nervous because it     was     wasn't      were     weren't    his first time alone. Aziza and Ali     was     wasn't      were     weren't    Born in Egypt. Aziza     was     wasn't      were     weren't    Afraid but Ali (neg)     was     wasn't      were     weren't    afraid. Elena , from Argentina, (neg.)     was     wasn't      were     weren't    afraid either.

Answers

1.was 2.were 3.werent 4.was 5.was 6.was 7.were 8.was 9.wasnt 10.wasnt