Past Simple: Be (Questions)

Questions with be in the past (was / were), are formed exactly like questions with be in the present (see U1L3).

There are two kinds of questions:

1. Yes / No Questions: in which the answer is yes or no.
   For example: Were the children outside? Yes, they were.
   

   Was Moby outside? No, he wasn't.
2. Wh- Questions: in which the answer is a fact, and the question begins with a Wh- word (Why / Where / When / Whose / How / What / Who).
   For example: Where was Moby? He was in bed.
   

   Why were they sad? They were sad because they were in an accident.
   Questions about the subject (with who / what) are always in the singular (U2L3) even though the answer may be plural. These questions only use was.
   For example: Who was here? Ben and Moby were here.

Sentences with was / were, have tag question using was / were (U5L2).

For example: Moby was asleep, wasn't he?
You weren't in the kitchen last night, were you?

There was / There were

Just like there is / are (U3L3), we use there was / were when something existed in the past.

Past Expressions

1. last = the one before
   last night
   last week
   last month
   last year
2. ago = in the past, for more than one
   two days ago
   two weeks ago
   five years ago