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Grammatikkguide

Ruting for den offentlige grammatikkguiden er klar for lokalisert innhold.

A1 Beginner English grammatikk

Preteritum av “to be”

Hva er det?

Preteritumsformene av to be er was og were.

Bruk was med:

  • I
  • he
  • she
  • it

Bruk were med:

  • you
  • we
  • they

Eksempler:

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

Negative former er was not og were not.

De vanlige kortformene er:

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

Når du skal bruke det

Bruk preteritum av to be for å snakke om:

  • tidligere tilstander: I was tired.
  • tidligere følelser: She was nervous.
  • tidligere steder: They were at school.
  • tidligere aldre: He was ten years old.
  • tidligere beskrivelser: The room was small.
  • tidligere situasjoner: We were very busy.
  • tidligere datoer og klokkeslett: It was Monday.

Struktur

Bekreftende setninger

Subjekt Form Eksempel
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 + predikativ

  • He was tired.
  • We were late.

Negative setninger

Subjekt Full form Kortform
I / He / She / It was not wasn’t
You / We / They were not weren’t

Struktur:

subjekt + was not/were not + predikativ

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

Spørsmål

Struktur:

Was/Were + subjekt + predikativ?

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

Korte svar

  • 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.

Eksempler

  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?

Unntak

Bruk were i stedet for was i noen formelle eller uvirkelige uttrykk med I, he, she eller it.

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

I uformell engelsk brukes was noen ganger i disse uttrykkene, men were er standardformen.

Vanlige feil

  1. Feil: I were tired yesterday. Riktig: I was tired yesterday. Forklaring: Bruk was med I.

  2. Feil: They was at home. Riktig: They were at home. Forklaring: Bruk were med they.

  3. Feil: She didn’t be happy. Riktig: She wasn’t happy. Forklaring: Ikke bruk didn’t med preteritum av to be.

  4. Feil: Did he was at work? Riktig: Was he at work? Forklaring: Ikke bruk did i spørsmål med was eller were.

  5. Feil: We wasn’t ready. Riktig: We weren’t ready. Forklaring: Bruk weren’t med we.

  6. Feil: Were she at school? Riktig: Was she at school? Forklaring: Bruk was med she.

  7. Feil: I was not at home? Riktig: Was I not at home? Forklaring: Sett was foran subjektet for å danne et spørsmål.

  8. Feil: They were not tired? Riktig: Weren’t they tired? Forklaring: I spørsmål, plasser were eller weren’t foran subjektet.