English Grammar Guide Be: Negatives in the Past Simple TenseGrammar - Be (Past Simple): Negatives We often contract the negatives was not and were not into wasn't and weren't .
was not → wasn't I /He /She /It + wasn't She wasn't busy last week.were not → weren't You /We /They + weren't They weren't at home yesterday.Examples - Be (Past Simple): Negative Contractions S. + NEG. CONT. ... TIME PHRASE I wasn't busy yesterday. You weren't here last week. He wasn't at work last Monday. She wasn't OK last night. It wasn't here 10 years ago. We weren't there yesterday. They weren't ready last week.
Symbols & Abbreviations CONT. Contraction NEG. Negative S. Subject
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