The Simple Past of Verb To Be, was and were

Hello my friends, and welcome to a new lesson.Today, I'm going to talk about an important and basic grammar topic.
Please, read the following examples carefully:

You can say: 

-  I am hungry.  (now)
-  I was hungry last night.
-  Where is John?  (now)
-  Where was John yesterday.
-  The weather is nice today.
-  The weather was nice last week.

-  Your are late.  (now)
-  You were late last Saturday.
-  They are here. (now).
-  They were here yesterday.

So, from the previous examples, we can see that we have two forms of verb To Be used in the past tense " was and were",  and we can use them as follows:

In Positive Sentences 

I was     

he was     

she was   

   it was      

we were  

you were  

they were  

In Negative Sentences (full & short forms)

-  I was not = I wasn't    

-  he was not = he wasn't    

-  she was not = she wasn't  

-  it was not = it wasn't       

-  we were not = we weren't  

-  you were not = you weren't   

-  they were not = they weren't   

Let's practise more examples:

-  I was in China in 2016.

-  We were together.

-  We weren't happy with the hotel. Our room was small and it wasn't clean.

- They were on the table.

How to ask and answer a question:

-  Were you in London last year?
-  Yes. I was

-  Was John with you?
-  No, he was not = No, he wasn't

-  Were you together?  
-  No, we were not = No, we weren't 

-  Were you happy with the hotel? 
-  Yes, we were

-  Where were you yesterday?

-  Why was he late last night?

I hope you found this lesson helpful. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Thanks.

The Simple Present of Verb To Be, am, is and are from here

 How to Ask a Question using "am, is, and are" from here