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e. I was having a bath at six am yesterday.
f. Last year we were in grade one.
Past means the passed or bygone time. Yesterday,
last week, two years ago are some of the words that
show the passed time.
‘Was’ is the past form of is and am and ‘were’ is the
past form of are.
We use ‘was’ with singular and ‘were’ with plural.
5.2. Use was or were and complete the following sentences.
a. The soldiers .......................... going to the
jungle.
b. Sisimanu and Sinzo ................... frying the
fish.
c. Kohli ................................... shaving his beard at
nine am last Friday.
d. He ....................... in Diktel last year.
e. I ............................ beating the nail, when she came.
f. Shiva................... playing with his grandpa in the evening.
5.3. Choose the correct word and complete the following
sentences.
a. My mother .................................... cleaning the kitchen
yesterday. (is / was)
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