Grammer (to be past)

2. साह्यकारी To Be -
Was/Were
ओळखः
मराठीत वाक्याच्या शेवटी – होता, होती, होत

3. टीपः
जर कताा एकवचनी असेल तर was
(singular)व अनेकवचनी असेल तर Were
(plural)वापरणे
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
S + To be (Was/Were) + O + r.s.
Formula

4. I was---------. This was-----.
You were----. That was-----.
We were-----. These were--.
He was-------. Those were--.
She was------.
It was--------.
They were---.

5. वाक्यरचना

6. •मी तयार होतो.
I was ready.
•आम्ही तेथे होतो.
We were there.
•तो साप होता.
It was a snake.
•ती काल आजारी होती.
She was ill yesterday.
•शिवाजी महाराज खुप िुर होते.
Shivaji maharaj was very brave.

7. •ते खुप कठीन होतं.
It was very hard.
•ते खुप सोपं होतं.
It was very easy.
•कालचा शिवस माझ्यासाठी खुप वाईट होता.
Yesterday was very bad for me.
•ती माझी पुस्तक
े होती.
Those were my books.
•श्रीमती इंशिरा गांधी भारताच्या पहील्या महीला पंतप्रधान होत्या.
Mrs. Indira Gandhi was the first lady prime minister of India.

8. •अकबर एक महान राजा होता.
Akbar was a great king.
•ते माझे शमत्र होते.
They were my friends.
•तो िोषी होता.
He was faulty.
•तो आनंिी होता.
He was happy.
•काल ते गैरहजर होते.
They were absent yesterday.

9. •काल सोमवार होता.
Yesterday was Monday.
•ती तुझी अडचण होती , माझी नाही.
That was your problem not mine.
•हे तुझं पुस्तक होतं आशण ते माझं होतं.
This was your book and that was mine.
•तो एक महान वक्ता होता.
He was a great orator.
•एक राजा होता.
There was a king.
जर वाक्यामध्ये कताा नसेल तर to be साठी साधारणपणे
there हा बाहेरुन उसणा कताा घ्यावा लागतो.

10. •माझ्या क
ु टुंबात िहा सिस्य होते
There were 10 members in my family.
•मी लहान असताना माझ्या घराच्या समोर िोन आंब्याची झाडे होती.
When I was young (small)
there were two mango trees in front of my house.

11. Interrogative sentences.
प्रश्नार्थी वाक्यरचना –
to be(Was/Were)+S+O+ r.s.?
Formula

12. Was I-----------?
Were you-----?
Were we------?
Was he--------?
Was she-------?
Was it---------?
Were they----?
Was this------?
Was that-----?
Were these---?
Were those---?
To be standard

13. वाक्यरचना

14. •तो तयार होता का ?
Was he ready?
•ती तुमची घर मालकीन होती का ?
Was she your land-lady? (owner of house)
•तो तुमचा घरमालक होता का ?
Was he your land-lord? (owner of house)
•तो लेखक होता का ?
Was he author?
•तो सुंिर बशगचा होता का ?
Was it a beautiful garden?

15. •प्रश्न खुपच सोपा होता का ?
Was the question very easy?
•तो शचत्रकार होता का?
Was he painter?
•ते घरी होते का ?
Were they at home?
•काल तु चाकणच्या बाहेर होतास का ?
Were you out of chakan yesterday?
•ते शिकारी होते का ?
Were they hunters?

16. •कालचा पेपर सोपा होता का ?
Was the yesterday’s paper easy?
•ते िुुःखी होते का ?
Were they unhappy?

17. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
S+to be(wasn’t /weren’t)+ O+ rs.
Formula

18. I wasn’t------------
You weren’t ------
We weren’t-------
He wasn’t---------
She wasn’t--------
It wasn’t----------
They weren’t----
This wasn’t------
That wasn’t-----
These weren’t--
Those weren’t--
To be standard

19. वाक्यरचना

20. •मी तयार नव्हतो.
I wasn’t ready.
•आम्ही तयार नव्हतो.
We weren’t ready.
•ती प्रीया नव्हती.
She wasn’t priya.
•ते माझे शमत्र नव्हते.
They weren’t my friends.
•ती पुस्तक
े महाग नव्हती.
Those books weren’t costly.

21. •तो जािुगार नव्हता.
He wasn’t magician.
•ती डॉक्टर नव्हती, ती परीचारीका होती.
She wasn’t doctor, she was nurse.
•ते खुप आनंिी नव्हते.
They weren’t very happy.
•काल मी तेथे नव्हतो.
Yesterday I wasn’t there.
•ती आमची खाजगी शिक्षीका नव्हती.
She wasn’t our governess.

22. •ते आमचे खाजगी शिक्षक नव्हते.
He wasn’t our tutor.

23. Negative Interrogative sentences.
नकारार्थी प्रश्नार्थाक
to be(wasn’t/weren’t)+S+ O+ r.s.?
Formula

24. Wasn’t I ------------?
Weren’t you -------?
Weren’t we -------?
Wasn’t he ----------?
Wasn’t she ---------?
Wasn’t it ------ -----?
Weren’t they ------?
Wasn’t this ----------?
Wasn’t that ---------?
Weren’t these ------?
Weren’t those ------?
To be standard

25. वाक्यरचना

26. •तो तयार नव्हता का ?
Wasn’t he ready?
•तो तुमचा िोष नव्हता का?
Wasn’t that your fault?
•तुम्ही िोषी नव्हता का ?
Weren’t you faulty?
•ते तुझे वडील नव्हते का ?
Wasn’t he your father?
•तुम्ही काल हजर नव्हते का ?
Weren’t you present yesterday?

27. •ती घरी नव्हती का ?
Wasn’t she at home?
•त्या तुमच्या शपिव्या नव्हत्या का ?
Weren’t those your bags?
•ती कल्पना चांगली नव्हती का ?
Wasn’t that good idea?
•ते िक्य नव्हतं का ?
Wasn’t it possible?
•ती उत्साही नव्हती का ?
Wasn’t she interested?

28. WH - Interrogative sentences.
WH – प्रश्नवाचक वाक्यरचना
wh+ to be(was/were)+S +O+ rs.?
Formula
वाक्याची सुरुवात wh ने करावी.
उिाुः why, when, what etc.

29. वाक्यरचना

30. •तो कोण होता?
Who was he?
•त्याचे नाव काय होते ?
What was his name?
•तुझी अडचण काय होती?
What was your problem?
•ते पुस्तक कोणाचे होते?
Whose book was that?
•काल तु का बरं एवढा आनंिी होतास?
Why were you so happy yesterday?

31. •तो शसनेमा कसा होता?
How was that movie?
•त्यावेळी राजा कोण होता?
Who was the king at that time?
•ते कोण होते?
Who were they?
•तु का बरं खुष नव्हता?
Why weren’t you happy?
•काल तुम्ही क्लासला का बरं गैरहजर होते?
Why were you absent to the class yesterday?