Auxiliary Verbs – Pomoćni glagoli – Was / were

U engleskom jeziku glagol to be ima dva oblika za prošlo vreme – was i were.

Svaki od njih se upotrebljava za određena lica, što će biti prikazano u nastavku.

• I / he/ she was late for work.
• It was a sunny day.
  
  
• You / we / they were invited.

Odrični oblik  gradimo tako što na glagol was / were dodamo rečcu not. 

• I / he/ she was not late for work.
• It was not a sunny day.
  
  
• You / we / they were not invited.

Odrični oblik ima i skraćenu formu, koju gradimo tako što was/were spajamo sa rečcom not. Skraćenice se u ovom slučaju ne mogu praviti spajanjem subjekta i glagola, kao što to može u sadašnjem vremenu.

• I / he/ she wasn’t late for work.
• It wasn’t a sunny day.
  
  
• You / we / they weren’t invited.

Upitni oblik  gradimo inverzijom – zamenom mesta subjekta i predikata. Dakle, kada pravimo pitanje, započinjemo ga glagolom to be,  pa tek onda dodajemo subjekat.

• Was I / he / she late for work?
• Was it a sunny day?
  
  
• Were you / we / they invited?