Past simple: be and wh questions

Past simple: be and wh questions

be past simpleaffirmative sentences

(+) SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + COMPLEMENT I WAS HAPPY IT WAS HERE YESTERDAY WE WERE SAD WILLIAN AND I WERE AT THE HOSPITAL

We use WAS for I, he, she and it

We use WERE for we, you and they

be past simplenegative sentences

(+) SUBJECT + WAS NOT (WASN'T)/WERE NOT(WEREN'T + C I WAS NOT HAPPY JOHN WASN'T A GOOD STUDENT WE WERE NOT SAD PAUL AND LUISA WEREN'T AT SCHOOL

We use WAS NOT/WASN'T for I, he, she and it

We use WERE NOT/WEREN'T for we, you and they

be past simpleinterrogative sentences

(+) WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT + ? WAS I HAPPY ? WAS SHE SICK ? WERE WE SAD ? WERE THE CATS ON THE STREET ?

We use WAS for I, he, she and it

We use WERE for we, you and they

WH questions

Wh-questions begin with what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how. We use them to ask for information.

WH questions words

Past simple questions

For -WH questions, we use:

question word + did + subject + verb

What did he do? Who did he call?

Past simple questions

For questions with BE, we use:

question word + be

How old was he? Where were you last night?

xquidxepe' la'to!