İngilizce was-were, to be fiilinin geçmiş zamandaki karşılığıdır. Am-is-are yardımcı fiillerinin geçmiş zaman halleridir.
Aşağıdaki tablodan olumlu, olumsuz ve soru yapılarını öğrenebiliriz.
+
-
?
I
was - You
were - He/She/It
was - We
were - They
were
I
was not - You
were not - He/She/It
was not - We
were not - They
were not
was I? -
were You? -
was He/She/It? -
were We? -
were They?
Aşağıdaki örnek cümleleri inceleyelim:
In summer 1990 I was in Brazil.
(1990 yazında Birezilyadaydım.)
We were very happy to see you yesterday.
(Dün seni gördüğümüze çok sevindik.)
Lunch was OK, but the vegetables were not very good.
(Öğle yemeği güzeldi, ama sebzeler çok iyi değildi.)
It was cold and dark, and we were tired.
(Hava soğuk ve karanlıktı, ve çok yorgunduk.)
Olumsuz cümle oluştururken yardımcı fiilden sonra not getirilir.
Was not – were not
Kısaltarak şöyle yazabiliriz:
Wasn’t – weren’t
Aşağıdaki cümlelere bakalım:
The lesson wasn’t interesting. It was boring.
(Ders ilgi çekici değildi. Sıkıcıydı.)
You weren’t late. Actually, you arrived 10 minutes early.
(Geç kalmadın. Açıkcası 10 dakkika erken vardın.)
Soru cümlesi oluştururken de was-were cümlenin başına getirilir.
Was Ann at home yesterday?
(Ann dün evdemiydi?)
Was the party good?
(Parti iyimiydi?)
Was your father a teacher?
(Baban öğretmenmiydi?)
