Was and were are the past tense of the verb (to) be. Was is used for first-person singular and third-person singular. I was taking a walk around the neighborhood. It was a beautiful day. You were late three days in a row. We were worried something was wrong. They were going to give you a few days off to recover. More @Wikipedia
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