To Be Past Tense

To Be - Affirmative
Subject | To Be | Examples |
I | was | I was tired this morning. |
You | were | You were very good. |
He | was | He was the best in his class. |
She | was | She was latefor work. |
It | was | It was a sunny day. |
We | were | We were at home. |
You | were | You were on holiday. |
They | were | They were happy with their test results. |

To Be - NegativeSentences
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).
Subject | To Be | Examples |
I | was not | I was not tired this morning. |
You | were not | You werenot crazy. |
He | was not | He was not married. |
She | was not | She was not famous. |
It | was not | It was not hot yesterday. |
We | were not | We were not invited. |
You | were not | You werenot at the party. |
They | were not | They were not friends. |

To Be - Negative Contractions
The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was orwere) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).
I was not tired this morning. | OR | I wasn't tired this morning. |
You were not crazy.| OR | You weren't crazy. |
He was not married. | OR | He wasn't married. |
She was not famous. | OR | She wasn't famous. |
It was not hot yesterday. | OR | It wasn't hot yesterday. |
We werenot invited. | OR | We weren't invited. |
You were not at the party. | OR | You weren't at the party. |
They were not friends. | OR | They weren't friends. |
* Notice that we don't havecontractions for To Be in Past Tense affirmative sentences.

To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
Affirmative | You | were | happy. |
  | Subject | Verb|   |
  |
Question | Were | you | happy? |
  | Verb | Subject |   |

Affirmative | Question |
I was late | Was I late? |
You were sick. | Were you sick? |
He was surprised. | Was...