Was and were: yesterday and last week

Talk about the past with was and were: I was at home yesterday. They were at work. Say no with wasn’t and weren’t, and ask Was it...? and Were you...?

10 min

Module 14 · Lesson 1 of 5

In this lesson

  1. Say was with I, he, she and it, and were with you, we and they.
  2. Use were with two people: Anna and Ben were at work.
  3. Use past time words: yesterday, last night, last week, two days ago.
  4. Say no with wasn’t and weren’t, and ask Was...? and Were...?

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