WAS/WERE

Positive (Olumlu)	Negative (Olumsuz)	Questions (Soru)
I was a doctor.	I was not a doctor.	Was I a doctor?
You were doctor.	You were not doctor.	Were you doctor?
He was a doctor.	He was not a doctor.	Was he a doctor?
She was a doctor.	She was not a doctor.	Was she a doctor?
It was a dog.	It was not a dog.	Was it a dog?
We were doctors.	We were not doctors.	Were we doctors?
They were doctors.	They were not doctors.	Were they doctors?

was not= wasn’t , were not = weren’t olarak kısaltılabilir.
They were doctors. (=onlar doktorlardı)
They were not doctors. (=onlar doktor değillerdi)
Were they doctors? (=onlar doktor muydular?)
“was, were”, “am, is, are” ın geçmiş zaman halidir.
“I, he, she, it” için “was”;
“we, you, they” için “were” kullanılır.
Örnek cümleler;

I was an engineer. You weren’t here.

Was he a journalist?

They were team in 1999.

It was not dangerous.

Was she a nurse?