Past Simple del verbo “to be”
| Forma | Inglese | |
| Affermativa | ||
| I was | J’étais | |
| You were | Tu étais | |
| He/She/It was | Il/Elle/On était | |
| We were | Nous étions | |
| You were | Vous étiez | |
| They were | Ils/Elles étaient | |
| Interrogativa | ||
| Was I? | Est-ce que j’étais? | |
| Were you? | Est-ce que tu étais? | |
| Was he/she/it? | Est-ce qu’il/elle/on était? | |
| Were we? | Est-ce que nous étions? | |
| Were you? | Est-ce que vous étiez? | |
| Were they? | Est-ce qu’ils/elles étaient? | |
| Negativa | ||
| I was not (I wasn’t) | Je n’étais pas | |
| You were not (You weren’t) | Tu n’étais pas | |
| He/She/It was not (He/She/It wasn’t) | Il/Elle/On n’était pas | |
| We were not (We weren’t) | Nous n’étions pas | |
| You were not (You weren’t) | Vous n’étiez pas | |
| They were not (They weren’t) | Ils/Elles n’étaient pas |