was 

  1. 動詞
am、is過去式:
不及物動詞:
此be動詞用於第一、第三者單數
是, 值
等於, 有

    同義字詞
breathe,exist,live,subsist
bear,lie,sit,stand
grade,place,rank,rate,stand
befall,betide,chance,come,come about,come down,come off,cook,do,go on,happen,occur,pass,transpire

  2. 助動詞
was ...(過去分詞動詞...):
被做...
was ...(動詞ing...):
那時在做...
在做...

    
                        
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    語法
(問句)Was ...(人事物):
...那時是嗎?
...過去是嗎?
...曾是嗎?
(問句)Was ...(A: 人事物) ...(B: 動詞ing...):
(A)那時在做(B)嗎?
(A)在做(B)嗎?
(問句)Was ...(A: 人事物) ...(B: 過去分詞動詞...):
(A)被做(B)嗎?
(問句)Was ...(A: 人事物) ...(B: 人事物):

    


    
                        
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例句

                

                    
    
                                                    
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                                He was always up to these tricks.                            
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                                On both occasions the car was empty.                            
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                                I thought this episode was rather cute.                            
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                                Neither, for that matter, was the media.                            
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                                Such tradition was an offering to Ehecatl.                            
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