were和was是過去時動詞be的一般過去時。復數(shù)用were，單數(shù)用was，虛擬語態(tài)時只能用were。區(qū)別及用法：1、was和were都是過去時。was是is和am的一般過去式，were是are的一般過去式。2、was與I/He/She/It連用，were與We/They/You連用。

was1、Right off I want to confess that I was wrong. 我立刻就想承認我錯了。2、He was already rich 他已經(jīng)很富有了。3、After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine. 大約3個月后，我就不再對尼古丁上癮了。4、I was astounded by its beauty 它的美麗震撼了我。were1、He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion. 他信奉無神論就像信仰一種新的宗教。2、They were photographed and had their fingerprints taken. 他們被拍了照，還被提取了指紋。3、We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes. 我們都被蚊子咬慘了。4、Several people were treated for broken bones. 數(shù)人接受了斷骨治療。

規(guī)則動詞的過式和過去分詞是一樣的。比如：stay-stayed-stayedstudy-studied-studiedlive-lived-lived等等。不規(guī)則動詞中：有些動詞的過去式和過去分詞是一樣的。比如：leave-left-leftget-got-got.有些動詞的過去式和過去分詞是不一樣的。比如：go-went-gonebe-was/were-been用法上：過去式用在一般過去時里，過去分詞么用在現(xiàn)在完成時。

was是is的過去式were是are的過去式當然在特定的虛擬語氣時態(tài)下，就要使用were，不能使用was了。例如IfIwereyou，Ineverdothis！我要是你，我絕非如此！這里就要使用復數(shù)形式，不能用was，這在虛擬語氣中是規(guī)定