С местоимениями I, he, she, it употребляется was, с местоимениями we, you, they употребляется were.
1. He was in London last year.
2. It was sunny two hours ago.
3. Kate and Anna were at the cinema yesterday.
4. It was very cold yesterday morning.
Отрицание с глаголом to be в форме времени (was или were) образуется с частицы not, которая ставится после was или were.
1. I wasn't at school ten minutes ago.
2. It wasn't very hot last week.
3. They weren't happy yesterday.
4. She wasn't hungry two hours ago.
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