Please help! I just found out i forgot...
2006-11-07 15:49:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Was and Were are both passe tense
was is a singlar past tense and were is a more piural
-she was here - refers to one
-they where here - refers to more than one
is and are can be use differently
in present tense
-Is she doing her homework-refers to one
-Are they doing their homework-refers to more than one
2006-11-07 18:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by hmongthaoboi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was born in 1988.
it was rainning this morning.
She was upset because someone ate her birthday cake.
There were too many people in the room yesterday.
This is a book.
They are watching TV
2006-11-07 23:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by NYSnoopy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very simple: single subjects use the was/is verb form and plural subjects use the were/are verb form. Another answer from jhostman gives examples. More examples: I was there...It is there and they are there . . . We were there
2006-11-08 01:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by David A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-07 23:52:41 · answer #4 · answered by The Git! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was, he/she/it was; they were, you were, we were
I am; you are, they are, we are; he/she/it is
2006-11-07 23:54:07 · answer #5 · answered by jhostman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋