1. UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA Silvana Bautista David Pereira Katherine Quezada Alexandra Fernández Karen Luna Yessenia Capa Diana Ordoñez Jaime Serrano.

2. PAST TO BE : Yes / No Questions Past of be + subject + complement + ?

3. The past of BE has two forms : WAS and WERE. Use WAS with these subject pronouns : I, he, she, and it. Use WERE with these subject pronouns : you, we, and they.

4. EXAMPLES : I was at a movie last night. The girls were at the library yesterday. They were at the library yesterday.

5. Yes / No Questions. Was / were Was I right ? Was he at home ? Was she at the game ? Was it cold yesterday ? Were we right ? Were you at home ? Were they at the game ?

6. AFFIRMATIVE Yes, you were. Yes, he was. Yes, she was. Yes, it was. Yes, you were. Yes, I was. Yes, they were.

7. Use was or were + not to make negative statements. We often use the contractions wasn’t and weren’t in speaking and informal writing.

8. NEGATIVE. No, you weren’t. No, he wasn’t. No, she wasn’t. No, it wasn’t. No, you weren’t. No, I wasn’t. No, they weren’t.

9. To ask yes / no questions, put was or were before the subject. Examples: Was the movie interesting ? Were you alone at the movie ?

10. You can use a subject pronouns and was, wasn’t, were or weren’t in short answers. You can also just answer yes, or no, then give more information.

11. EXAMPLES: A: Was Mary at the library yesterday ? B: Yes, she was. A: Were your friends at home last night ? B: No, they were at a concert.