Lesson 77 👩‍🏫 Basic English with Jennifer 🎓 Questions with Was/Were

Now let's practice asking questions with WAS and WERE. Remember to use verb +

subject in questions.

In questions for information, use question word + verb + subject.

With the question word WHO, we can ask about the subject. We can ask WHO + verb.

Listen as Flavia, Andreia, and I talk about photos on our phones. Hey ladies. How are you today?

Good. And you? Pretty good. How are you doing? And you? All right. All right.

Today is a nice day. Yes. It is nice. What's the weather like? Warm. It's warm.

Yeah. You can tell. We're all...what are we wearing? T-shirts. Yeah. We're all

wearing t-shirts, but I have a sweater also. I have a sweater today. Why? Wind.

Wind. Because the wind is... Wind. Windy. Because it's windy.

Yeah, so it's warm. We're wearing t-shirts, but it's windy. Because

it's windy. I have a sweater. Yeah, and I was driving here, and I wore sunglasses.

Why? Because we have summer?

It's sunny.

Sun. There's sun. And it's...sunny.

It's sunny. Right? So it's windy, it's warm, and it's sunny.

And I wore sunglasses because it's sunny.

Yeah. But it's a beautiful day. It's a nice day. It's spring. Ladies, I have my phone.

I always have my phone. Do you have your phones today? Yeah? On my phone, I have a

lot of photos. Do you have a lot of photos? Or? I have like 700...800 photos.

I don't know. How many photos do you have? A hundred? More? Less? Less.

I have like 700, so I have more. Do you know how many? Around 100? Maybe 100 photos? Yes?

So we're going to look at our photos, and you can ask me questions.

These photos are all in the past, so you can ask me about where I was.

Right? When it was. So, for example, there's a photo. Whoops. What questions can you ask?

Where you stay? No? Let's use... Do I do "you was"? "You were"? Do I say "you was" or "you were"?

You were. You were. So what's the question?

Where were you? Where were you? I was at the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon. It was my first time.

I was at the Grand Canyon. You can ask another question.

This wasn't yesterday. This wasn't last month. What question can you ask?

How long? Maybe how long? Or can we make a question with "when"? When was it? Yeah, you can do:

When was it...I'd say, "When was that?" Or you can say, "When were you there?"

When was that?

When were you there? So what can you ask me?

When was that? I think that was maybe 2016 or...yeah...

2017. I forget. 2016 or 2017. Okay. Let's do another question.

What's the question? Where were you? I was on vacation, and I was in Wyoming. Wyoming.

The state of Wyoming. Yes. Wyoming. It's in the West. Wyoming. Yeah. I was in Wyoming.

And you can also ask questions about people.

Who...

Who were you?

Okay. Who were you with?

Or who was with you? Who were you with? Who was with you?

Ask me again. Who was with you? My family. I was with my family in Wyoming.

Where were you? I was... Can you tell? Where was I? California? Uh-huh. So the whole sentence?

You were in California.

Yeah. I was in California near the Hollywood sign. Question about time?

When was that?

I think that was last year. I think last year.

Yeah. Oh my gosh. My memory! Who was with you? My family my husband and my two children.

We were in California just for the day. Just for the day, and we said,

"Let's see the Hollywood sign." So, yes, this was in Hollywood. Good. Do you have photos?

Can you share a photo? First question. Where were you? I was in Lynn Beach.

Oh. That's Lynn Beach. Is that your dog? Yes. When was that? Was that this year?

Yes, this year. Was that this month in April? No. Last month. So you can say, "This was..."

This was month. This was last month. Okay. Nice. Very pretty. Who was with you?

My husband was with me there. Very nice. Is there another photo you can share?

Where were you?

I was in front of my house. It was a snow day. Yeah.

So what can you ask? When was that? I don't remember. You don't remember. It was in the winter. Of course. Okay.

I think it's in December. I think it was in December. Good. I love snow. Good photo.

Do you have a photo to share? Yes.

Where were you? Again. Where were you?

I was in Revere Beach. We say "at the beach." I was at Revere Beach. I was at the beach.

Who was with you?

Who is my friend?

That is my friend?

Is that your dog?

A dog is my neighbor.

Oh. So you switch it around. It was...It was my neighbor's dog. My neighbor's dog.

Question about time? When was that? In the last week.

It was last week. Mm. Nice. Good weather. Yes. Was it cold?

No. Um...windy.

It was windy.

Yeah. Nice. Do you have another photo?

Where were you? I was in [the] Public Garden. The Public Garden.

Is that in Boston? Yes. Okay. So you were in Boston. Nice.

And the lake... Oh, that's a lake? Yes. You were on the lake? On the ice?

Oh my God! Look at my face! Were you scared? Yes. A little?

What other questions can you ask? When was that?

I don't remember the date. In the winter. You can say, "It was in the winter." Yes. December.

January. So maybe December. Maybe January. Okay. Who were you with?

You.

Were you on the lake, too?

No.

So Andreia was on the lake. Gosh. That's scary.

Okay, ladies. You asked me questions with when, where, who. There are two more questions words: who's, whose.

Who's, whose. They sound the same.

Who's. Whose.

You could ask me, "Who's that?" WHO'S is really two words. What am I asking?

Who is that? All right. Who's that? Who is that?

So if you ask me... Who is that? Yeah. Who is that? Or who's that?

Oh. Those are my children. This is my son. This is my daughter. Who's that? Who's that?

Who is that? But "whose" would be different.

You see a dog. And the question you can ask is:

Whose dog is that? Whose dog is that?

And the answer? Do you know whose dog it is? Whose dog is that? That's your dog. That's my dog.

Yes. So "whose" w-h-o-s-e is my dog, your dog, your dog, her dog, his dog.

Right? So it's not my neighbor's dog. Its my dog. Who's and whose. You had a photo of a dog.

Whose dog was that? That is... That was...

my neighbor's. That was my neighbor's...?

What do we need here? Dog. Apostrophe. Neighbor's. Neighbor's dog.

Again, whose dog was that? That was my neighbor's dog.

You had a photo with a dog. Whose dog was that? My dog. It was my dog.

Very good. That is my dog? Yes. She'll say, "That is my dog" or "That was my dog."

But for us, that was her dog.

Can you show us the picture again? That is...That was. Was or is. That was your dog.

Let's see. She's going to show one more time.

Yeah. So the question we can ask is, "Whose dog is that?" Mm-hmm. That is my dog.

Oh. See. That was her dog. Or that's her dog. That is your dog.

Do you remember the questions you can ask? Where were you?

I was at the mall. At the mall? Yeah.

When was that?

That was like a couple of months ago. Maybe. Yeah.

Who were you with? I was with my daughter. Do you know what that is?

Penguin? Penguin.

Whose penguin is that?

It was at the store, but then I saw the penguin. I liked it. I got it. It's my penguin. It's my penguin.

It's big. It's big. I know.

Yeah. It's my penguin.

So we've been practicing WAS and WERE.

Let's review all the forms.

Was or were.

Okay. We got it. Okay. So when you asked me questions about the photos,

where were you, when was that, right?

Who were you with? Who was with you? Whose dog was that? Think of WAS and WERE. Good.

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