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તે શું છે?

to be ના past simple સ્વરૂપો was અને were છે.

was નો ઉપયોગ આની સાથે થાય છે:

• I
• he
• she
• it

were નો ઉપયોગ આની સાથે થાય છે:

• you
• we
• they

ઉદાહરણો:

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

નકારાત્મક સ્વરૂપો was not અને were not છે.

સામાન્ય ટૂંકા સ્વરૂપો આ છે:

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

ક્યારે ઉપયોગ કરવું

to be ના past simple નો ઉપયોગ આ વિશે વાત કરવા થાય છે:

• ભૂતકાળની સ્થિતિઓ: I was tired.
• ભૂતકાળની લાગણીઓ: She was nervous.
• ભૂતકાળના સ્થાનો: They were at school.
• ભૂતકાળની ઉંમર: He was ten years old.
• ભૂતકાળના વર્ણનો: The room was small.
• ભૂતકાળની પરિસ્થિતિઓ: We were very busy.
• ભૂતકાળની તારીખો અને સમય: It was Monday.

રચના

હકારાત્મક વાક્યો

રચના:

કર્તા + was/were + પૂરક

• He was tired.
• We were late.

નકારાત્મક વાક્યો

રચના:

કર્તા + was not/were not + પૂરક

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

પ્રશ્નો

રચના:

Was/Were + કર્તા + પૂરક?

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

ટૂંકા જવાબો

• 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.

ઉદાહરણો

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?

અપવાદો

કેટલાક ઔપચારિક અથવા અવાસ્તવિક અભિવ્યક્તિઓમાં I, he, she, અથવા it સાથે was ને બદલે were નો ઉપયોગ થાય છે.

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

અનૌપચારિક અંગ્રેજીમાં, આ અભિવ્યક્તિઓમાં ક્યારેક was નો ઉપયોગ થાય છે, પરંતુ were એ પ્રમાણભૂત સ્વરૂપ છે.

સામાન્ય ભૂલો

1. ખોટું: I were tired yesterday. સાચું: I was tired yesterday. સમજૂતી: I સાથે was નો ઉપયોગ કરો.

2. ખોટું: They was at home. સાચું: They were at home. સમજૂતી: they સાથે were નો ઉપયોગ કરો.

3. ખોટું: She didn’t be happy. સાચું: She wasn’t happy. સમજૂતી: to be ના past simple સાથે didn’t નો ઉપયોગ કરશો નહીં.

4. ખોટું: Did he was at work? સાચું: Was he at work? સમજૂતી: was અથવા were સાથે પ્રશ્નોમાં did નો ઉપયોગ કરશો નહીં.

5. ખોટું: We wasn’t ready. સાચું: We weren’t ready. સમજૂતી: we સાથે weren’t નો ઉપયોગ કરો.

6. ખોટું: Were she at school? સાચું: Was she at school? સમજૂતી: she સાથે was નો ઉપયોગ કરો.

7. ખોટું: I was not at home? સાચું: Was I not at home? સમજૂતી: પ્રશ્ન બનાવવા માટે was ને કર્તા પહેલાં મૂકો.

8. ખોટું: They were not tired? સાચું: Weren’t they tired? સમજૂતી: પ્રશ્નોમાં, were અથવા weren’t ને કર્તા પહેલાં મૂકો.