🧩 Form

Was and were are the past simple forms of the verb to be.

• was ➝ used with I, he, she, it
• were ➝ used with you, we, they

✅ Positive:

• I was at home yesterday.
• She was excited about the party.
• We were tired after the excursion.
• You were late to the meeting.

🚫 Negative:

• He was not (wasn’t) at school.
• They were not (weren’t) ready.
• Paul was tired, but Susan wasn’t.
• We weren’t happy with the results.

❓ Questions:

• Was she at the conference?
• Were you late yesterday?
• Where were you born?

💬 Short Answers:

• Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
• Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.

📌 Use

Use was/were to talk about the past. These are the past forms of am/is/are:

• I am happy → I was happy
• She is at work → She was at work
• They are busy → They were busy

🕒 Time expressions used with was/were:

yesterday, last night, last week, a year ago, in 2010, when I was a child…

📌 Examples:

• She was in Stuttgart last summer.
• We were late to the party last night.
• He was sick two days ago.
• You were amazing on stage!

👶 Be Born

We always use was/were born to talk about someone's birth. There is no present tense of “be born.”

• 📍 Where were you born? – I was born in Sweden.
• 🎵 Mozart was born in 1756.

⚠️ Incorrect: I am born in Sweden.

✅ Summary

• Was ➝ I, he, she, it
• Were ➝ you, we, they
• Negative: wasn’t / weren’t
• Used with past time expressions
• Used in the structure: was/were born