आज आप Was/Were (be form – Past Tense) क्रियाओं (Auxiliary Verb) का दैनिक जीवन में सामान्य रूप से प्रयुक्त Structure के बारे में ज्ञान प्राप्त करेंगे। यह भी बहुत सरल एवं महत्वपूर्ण Structure है।
Use of “Was/Were” in Conversations
“Was/Were क्रियाएं भी ‘be’ forms (Past Tense) कहलाती हैं। इनका प्रयोग निम्न प्रकार के Sentence Structure में होता है:
Subject + was/were + complement
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1 |
राम एक राजा था। |
Ram was a king. |
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2 |
रमेश मेरा मित्र था। |
Ramesh was my friend. |
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3 |
वह वहाँ था। |
He was there. |
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4 |
वे वहाँ उपस्थित थे। |
They were present there. |
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5 |
वह सोया हुआ था। |
He was asleep. |
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6 |
वह अमीर आदमी था। |
He was a rich man. |
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7 |
मेरे मित्र दोषी थे। |
My friends were guilty. |
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8 |
राम मुझसे उम्र में छोटा था। |
Ram was younger than me. |
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9 |
वह मेरे साथ पढ़ता था। |
He was my class-fellow. |
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10 |
वह बहुत गरीब था। |
He was very poor. |
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11 |
वह खुश थी। |
She was happy. |
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12 |
सरला एक अच्छी लड़की थी। |
Sarla was a good girl. |
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13 |
राजेश एक अच्छा अध्यापक था। |
Rajesh was a good teacher. |
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14 |
तुम एक अच्छे तैराक थे। |
You were a good swimmer. |
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15 |
शर्मा जी मेरे मित्र थे। |
Sharma ji was my friend. |
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16 |
वे सब खुश थे। |
They all were happy. |
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17 |
मेरा भाई एक इंजीनियर था। |
My brother was an engineer. |
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18 |
वह सुन्दर लड़की थी। |
She was a beautiful girl. |
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19 |
मेरे पिताजी डॅाक्टर थे। |
My father was a docotor. |
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20 |
मेरे दादाजी दुकानदार थे। |
My grandfather was a shopkeeper. |
Negative and Interrogative Sentence Structure
Negative Sentences
इस तरह के वाक्यों को Negative बनाने हेतु was/were के बाद ‘not’ का प्रयोग किया जाता है। जैसे:
Subject + was/were + not + complement
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Affirmative |
Negative |
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1 |
He was my friend. |
He was not my friend. |
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2 |
Ram was his brother. |
Ram was not his brother. |
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3 |
She was guilty. |
She was not guilty. |
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4 |
She was a good girl. |
She was not a good girl. |
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5 |
They were happy. |
They were not happy. |
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6 |
You were very sad. |
You were not very sad. |
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7 |
I was asleep. |
I was not asleep. |
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8 |
Ram was guilty. |
Ram was not guilty. |
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9 |
They were students. |
They were not students. |
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10 |
We were friends. |
We were not friends. |
Inrerrogative Sentences
इस Structure में Inrerrogative Sentences बनाने हेतु, हम is/am/are/was/were dks Subject से पूर्व प्रयोग करते हैं। जैसे:
Was/Were + Subject + complement?
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Affirmative |
Interrogative |
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1 |
He was a Hindu. |
Was he a Hindu? |
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2 |
It was dark. |
Was it dark? |
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3 |
He was your elder brother. |
Was he your elder brother? |
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4 |
He was a poor man. |
Was he a poor man? |
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5 |
That was your car. |
Was that your car? |
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6 |
Sarla was an artist. |
Was Sarla an artist? |
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7 |
Maneesh was an intelligent srudent. |
Was Maneesh an intelligent student? |
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8 |
You were a child. |
Were you a child? |
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9 |
They were thieves. |
Were they thieves? |
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10 |
She was an intelligent girl. |
Was she an intelligent girl? |
PRACTICE WORK
इस Structure ( Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative) के कम से कम 30 वाक्य स्वयं बनायें एवं उन्हें बोलकर अपनी जबान म्दहसपेी को बोलने का अभ्यास करें। आप जहाँ भी इस समय बैठे हैं, वहाँ आस - पास उपलब्ध वस्तुओं/व्यक्तियों के सम्बन्ध में ज्यादा से ज्यादा वाक्य बनाने का प्रयास करें। आपने “To be’ form of verb; is/am/are/was/were के बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण Structures को पूर्ण कर लिया है।
ध्यान रखें
English Speaking में fluency हेतु Primary Stage पर दो बातें आवश्यक हैं- (i) Grammatically सही वाक्य बनाना और (ii) Practice of Speaking फिर चाहिए : थोड़ी मेहनत + लगन फिर तो सफलता आपके कदम चुमेगी।
