在英语中如果要表达过去的存在、所处等状态,或者要表达过去,曾经在哪里、曾经是怎么样的,那就必须使用be动词的过去式,即was和were。
was的意思是:是、存在、成为。
were的意思是:是。
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was、were的用法过去式句子中,如果主语是第一(I我)、第三人称(he他、she她、it 它)或单数的名词(The weather这天气)时,be动词就用was。
如果主语是第二人称(you你、we我们)或复数(they他们、those那些)的名词时,be动词就用were。
注:主语是单数的be动词就用was,复数就用were。
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was例句:
I was a doctor.
我曾经是医生。
He was at the supermarket yesterday.
他昨天在超市。
The weather was hot last week.
上周天气很热。
were例句:
You were my everything.
你曾经是我的一切。
We were friends.
我们曾经是朋友。
They were making too much noise.
他们的噪声太大了。
Those were hard times.
那些岁月是非常艰难的。
If it were to rain, I would stay home.
如果下雨了,我就在家呆着。
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