Past Simple "To Be"

EXAMPLE

• I was late yesterday in the company.
• I was not late yesterday in the company.
• Was I late yesterday  in the company?

• SHORT ANSWER

•  Yes, I was
•  No, I wasn't

• QUESTION

• Why  was I late yesterday in the company?
• Because, It was many jobs.

Example QUESTION 

Who did they want to see?

What  time did you break?

How much did she pay?

Why didn't he like the movie?

What did you have for dinner?

what  time did the meeting finish?

What  kind of pie did you eat?

 When did you buy shares?

Who did they write to?

Why didn't you save the money?

 The verb 'be', which becomes 'was' or 'were'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5E9SWg6_fw

                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xquP8cvh-Cc

Examples:

1. I was at my  office yesterday evening.

1. Bill Clinton was the President of the U.S. and of company America S.A .

1. We were very happy to change your  shares last week.

1. You weren't at office last night.

1. Alice wasn't at work yesterday because of flu.

1. They weren't on partnerships in August. It was in July.

1. Where were you at eight o'clock last night?

1. Was Winston Churchill the Prime  president  in company general motors?

1. How often were we in that  company last month?

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