نكته ها
1 – فعل بودن در زمان حال (am – is – are) مي باشد. گذشته ي آن (was – were) مي باشند.
2 – فعل was براي فاعل هاي (I – he – she – it) بكار برده مي شود و معناي آن «بودن» مي باشد. مانند:

was sick yesterday.

من ديروز مريض بودم

She was absent yesterday.

اوديروز غايب بود

He was in shiraz last week.

او هفته گذشته در شيراز بود  



  3 – فعل were براي بقيه فاعل ها به كاربرده مي شود و معناي آن «بودن» مي باشد.
مانند

شما ديروز در مدرسه بوديد.

You were at school yesterday.

ما ديشب خسته بوديم

we were tired last might .

ايشان (آنها) ديروز شاد بودند

They were happy yesterday.  



  4 – براي منفي كردن اين افعال بعد از فعل از كلمه not استفاده مي كنيم مانند :

من ديروز مريض نبودم

I was not sick yesterday


شما ديروز در مدرسه نبوديد

You were not at school yesterday  



  5 - مخفف was not و were not به صورت weren't , wasn't مي باشد.



  6 – براي سؤالي كردن اين جملات ابتدا در آغاز جمله فعل was يا were و سپس فاعل را مي آوريم. مانند :

آيا او ديروز غايب بود ؟

was she absent yesterday?

ايا آنها ديروز خوشحال بودند؟

were they happy yesterday?  



  7- در جواب هاي كوتاه از was يا was'nt و were يا weren't استفاده مي كنيم.



  تمرين
1 – در جاهاي خالي was – were- wasn’t – weren’t به كار ببريد.

1) yesterday …………..Sunday.
پاسخ : was


2)Ali is here today , but he ……….here yesterday.
پاسخ : wasn't


3) The teacher was in the library, but the students…………
پاسخ: weren't  



  2 – به سؤال هاي زير پاسخ كوتاه و كامل بدهيد.

1) were you sick last night?
No, I wasen't . I wasn't sick last night.

2) was your brother at home yesterday?
Yes, He was. He was at home yesterday.

3) were your sisters in the park last morning?
No, they weren't. They weren't in the park last morning.  



  3- گزينه صحيح را انتخاب كنيد.

1)Mr.Ahmadi …….in the park yesterday.(is – was – were)
پاسخ: was

2) The students ……..at school yesterday.(are – weren't – wasn't)
پاسخ: weren't

3) Today is Sunday. Yesterday was ……( Monday – Friday- Saturday)