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A1 Beginner English-Grammatik

Past Simple von „To Be“

Was ist das?

Die Vergangenheitsformen von to be sind was und were.

Verwende was mit:

  • I
  • he
  • she
  • it

Verwende were mit:

  • you
  • we
  • they

Beispiele:

  • I was tired.
  • She was at home.
  • We were busy.
  • They were happy.

Die negativen Formen sind was not und were not.

Die gebräuchlichen Kurzformen sind:

  • was not → wasn’t
  • were not → weren’t

Wann verwendet man es?

Verwende das Past Simple von to be, um über Folgendes zu sprechen:

  • vergangene Zustände: I was tired.
  • vergangene Gefühle: She was nervous.
  • vergangene Orte: They were at school.
  • vergangenes Alter: He was ten years old.
  • vergangene Beschreibungen: The room was small.
  • vergangene Situationen: We were very busy.
  • vergangene Daten und Zeiten: It was Monday.

Struktur

Positive Sätze

Subjekt Form Beispiel
I was I was at work.
He / She / It was She was happy.
You / We / They were They were at home.

Struktur:

Subjekt + was/were + Ergänzung

  • He was tired.
  • We were late.

Negative Sätze

Subjekt Vollform Kurzform
I / He / She / It was not wasn’t
You / We / They were not weren’t

Struktur:

Subjekt + was not/were not + Ergänzung

  • I wasn’t hungry.
  • They weren’t ready.

Fragen

Struktur:

Was/Were + Subjekt + Ergänzung?

  • Was she at home?
  • Were they tired?
  • Were you busy?

Kurzantworten

  • Was he late? — Yes, he was.
  • Was she tired? — No, she wasn’t.
  • Were they at school? — Yes, they were.
  • Were you busy? — No, I wasn’t.

Beispiele

  1. I was very tired yesterday.
  2. She was at the office this morning.
  3. He wasn’t ready for the meeting.
  4. It was cold last night.
  5. We were happy with the result.
  6. You were very quiet yesterday.
  7. They weren’t at home.
  8. Was your brother at school?
  9. Were the shops open?
  10. Where were you last weekend?

Ausnahmen

Verwende were anstelle von was in einigen formellen oder irrealen Ausdrücken mit I, he, she oder it.

  • If I were you, I would wait.
  • I wish she were here.

Im informellen Englisch wird in diesen Ausdrücken manchmal was verwendet, aber were ist die Standardform.

Häufige Fehler

  1. Falsch: I were tired yesterday. Richtig: I was tired yesterday. Erklärung: Verwende was mit I.

  2. Falsch: They was at home. Richtig: They were at home. Erklärung: Verwende were mit they.

  3. Falsch: She didn’t be happy. Richtig: She wasn’t happy. Erklärung: Verwende didn’t nicht mit dem Past Simple von to be.

  4. Falsch: Did he was at work? Richtig: Was he at work? Erklärung: Verwende did nicht in Fragen mit was oder were.

  5. Falsch: We wasn’t ready. Richtig: We weren’t ready. Erklärung: Verwende weren’t mit we.

  6. Falsch: Were she at school? Richtig: Was she at school? Erklärung: Verwende was mit she.

  7. Falsch: I was not at home? Richtig: Was I not at home? Erklärung: Setze was vor das Subjekt, um eine Frage zu bilden.

  8. Falsch: They were not tired? Richtig: Weren’t they tired? Erklärung: In Fragen setze were oder weren’t vor das Subjekt.