English Grammar Guide Be: Open Questions in the Past Simple TenseGrammar - Be (Past Simple): Questions ➤ Many Answers Be comes before the subject in questions.
For open questions (questions with many possible answers ), we use a question word .
Q. + BE + SUBJECT ... ?BE → was /were Q. + was + I /he /she /it ... ?How was she last week?She was OK /fine /good /... last week.Q. + were + you /we /they ... ?Where were you yesterday?I was at home /at work /... yesterday.Examples - Be (Past Simple): Questions ➤ Many Answers Q. BE SUBJ. SUBJ. BE ANSWER How was I ?➤ You were good .Where were you ?➤ I was at work .How was he ?➤ He was OK .Where was she ?➤ She was in Chicago .What was it ?➤ It was a rat .Where were we ?➤ We were at the park .How were they ?➤ They were great .
Symbols & Abbreviations Q. Question Word SUBJ. Subject
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