Verb "to be" in the Past Indefinite Tense 1) My grandmother was a teacher. 2) We were not at home yesterday. 3) We were in the theater. 4) Were you at work yesterday? - No, I was not. I was sick. 5) Where were you yesterday? - I was with my friends. 6) I thought she was in the movie yesterday, and she was in the library. 7) His parents were scientists. 8) They were not at the zoo yesterday.