Common Core
Grammar
Unit 7: Lesson 3: Grammar - Past Simple (was/were)
Learn to use
was/were
to talk about where you were and how you felt in the past.
(الماضي البسيط)
Negatives:
"I
wasn't
tired." / "They
weren't
happy."
(لم أكن / لم يكونوا)
Questions:
"
Was
he tired?" / "
Were
they happy?"
(هل كان؟ / هل كانوا؟)
| Subject | Verb | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I / He / She / It | was (كان) | "I was tired yesterday." (كنت متعبًا أمس.) |
| We / You / They | were (كانوا) | "We were at the beach." (كنا على الشاطئ.) |
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