Was not were not exercise?

was not or were not – Simple Past – Exercise

1. They. was not. were not. ill.
2. You. was not. were not. tired.
3. The children. was not. were not. quiet.
4. Max. was not. were not. in Helsinki last week.
5. She. was not. were not. home for dinner.
6. The water. was not. were not. cold.
7. There. was not. were not.
8. We. was not. were not.

Are not were not?

Since ‘are’ is in the present tense, it must be used to denote an action that is being done in the present. Its counterpart, ‘were’, is used when the subject of the sentence is plural, and the action or condition that is expressed has already been completed or the event happened in the past.

Were not been or were not being?

As a rule, the word been is always used after have (in any form, e.g., has, had, will have). The word being is never used after have. Being is used after to be (in any form, e.g., is, was, were).

Was were past tense?

Chances are, you’re familiar with one difference between was and were: that was is the first and third-person singular past tense of the verb to be, while were is the second-person singular past and plural past of to be. A verb is in the subjunctive mood if it expresses an action or state that is not reality.

Was is the past of is?

The past tense of is is was (proscribed, dialect).

Was not a sentence?

It wasn’t so bad. He wasn’t a-going to hurt himself. He wasn’t hurt, he interjected.

Was and were past tense?

Chances are, you’re familiar with one difference between was and were: that was is the first and third-person singular past tense of the verb to be, while were is the second-person singular past and plural past of to be.

Was not use?

You use “was not” to indicate a negative condition in the past: He was not old enough to attend kindergarten last year. I was not there to see the accident. They weren’t available for dinner last week, but they are available all next week.

Was been or were been?

*“Were been” is always incorrect. Those two words are never used directly together side by side. “Was” is a simple past tense form of “to be,” used with all pronouns except “you.” (“You were…”) *“Was been” is equally as wrong as *”were been,” if that’s what you’re asking.

Has been or had been for past tense?

Present perfect ‘have/has been ‘ is used when describing an action completed in the recent past and still assumes importance in the present. We use ‘had been’ when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.

Can we say I were?

Many people use if I was and if I were interchangeably to describe a hypothetical situation. The confusion occurs because when writing in the past tense, I was is correct while I were is incorrect. However, when writing about non-realistic or hypothetical situations, if I were is the only correct choice.