افعالbe  در زمان گذشته ساده:

امروز به یادگیری نحوه استفاده افعالbe  در زمان گذشته ساده می پردازیم.

افعال be  برای زمان گذشته ساده عبارتند از:

Was : برای اول شخص مفرد، سوم شخص مفرد و اسامی مفرد

Were: برای تمامی ضمایر به غیر از اول شخص مفرد و سوم شخص مفرد

I was a student.                                               we were students.

You were students.                                           you were students.

She / he / it was a student.                              they were students.

منفی کردن افعال be :

I was not a student.                                         we were not students.

You were not students.                                     you were not students.

She / he / it was not a student.                        they were not students.

مخفف کردن افعال be:

I wasn’t a student.                                          We weren’t students.

You weren’t students.                                       You weren’t students.

She’s / he’s / it wasn’t a student.                   They weren’t students.

سوالی کردن افعال be :

1.      سوالی کردن  به شیوه yes/ no question :

برای این منظور کافیست جای فعل و فاعل را عوض کنیم.

نکته: برای اول شخص برای اینکه جمله از نظر معنایی درست باشد I  و we به you   تبدیل می شوند.

Were you a student?                        Were you students?

Were you students?                         Were you students?

Was he/she/ it a student?                Were they students?

2.     سوالی کردن به شیوه wh question:

برای این کار کافیست ابتدای جمله wh  مناسب را بیاوریم و جای فعل و فاعل را روش 1 عوض کنیم.

Where was he?

Who was she?

Where were they?