El pasado simple del verbo «To be» (ser o estar) se forma cambiando las formas «am» e «is» por «was» y la forma «are» por «were».
Por lo demás, para formar la negativa y la interrogativa la forma es la misma que en el presente simple.
| Pronombre | Forma Afirmativa | Forma Negativa | Forma Interrogativa |
| I | was | was not / wasn’t | Was I ? |
| You | were | were not/ weren’t | Were you ? |
| He | was | was not / wasn’t | Was he ? |
| She | She was | was not / wasn’t | Was she ? |
| It | was | was not / wasn’t | Was it ? |
| We | were | were not/weren’t | Were we ? |
| They | were | were not/weren’t | Were they ? |
