The Past Simple Tense - Be

Negatives

We often contract the negatives (-) was not and were not into wasn't and weren't.

BE (-)	Contraction (-)
was not	wasn't
were not	weren't

Subject + Contraction (-)		Past
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	a good game	yesterday afternoon.
They weren't	ready	last week.

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