was是be动词的过去式。was后面动词可以是现在分词,构成过去进行时态;可以是过去分词,构成被动语态;was作系动词时,后边接现在分词、动名词短语作表语,还可以接过去分词作表语。
was后跟动词的ing形式,表示过去进行时.e.g.-- What was she doing this time yesterday?-- She was reading a novel。
was后跟动词的过去式,表示被动语态.e.g.I was told that you would leave the company。
She was widowed when she was 35.───她35岁时就守了寡。
summer and school was out.───夏天,学校放假了。
Cooper was a good mixer, he was popular.───库珀是个善交际的人,很受欢迎。
"There was no way I could walk around with two kidneys and he had none, " she said. "It was the right thing to do. "───她说:“我不可能眼看着他死,而自己却留着两个肾。这么做是正确的决定。”