Verb to be in the Simple Past Tense

Conjugating Verb to be in the Affirmative Form (simple past)

Affirmative Form	Example
I was	I was a student.
You were	You were a student.
He was	He was a student.
She was	She was a student.
It was	It was a cat.
You were	You were a student.
They were	They were cats.
We were	We were students.

Conjugating Verb to be in the Negative Form (simple past)

Negative Form	Example
I was not	I was not a student.
You were not	You were not a student.
He was not	He was not a student.
She was not	She was not a student.
It was not	It was not a cat.
You were not	You were not students.
They were not	They were not cats.
We were not	We were not students.

Conjugating Verb to be in the interrogative Form (simple past)

Interrogative Form	Example
was I?	was I a student?
were you?	were you a student?
was he?	was he a student?
was she?	was she a student?
was it?	was it a cat?
were you?	were you students?
were they?	were they cats?
were we?	were we students?