Unit 13. She was in the hospital.

*be동사 과거 시제

1. 의미: ~였다, ~있었다

2. 형태:
- 1인칭, 3인칭 단수: 현재 am, is → 과거 was
- 2/3인칭 복수: 현재 are → 과거 were

예)
I am at school now. 나는 지금 학교에 있다 / I was at school yesterday. 나는 어제 학교에 있었다.
We are on time. 우리는 정시에[제때] 왔다. / We were on time this morning. 우리는 오늘 아침 정시에[제때] 왔었다.

I was a student five years ago.
Now I am a teacher.

It was cloudy yesterday,
but it is sunny today.

Melisa and Dan were on their honeymoon last week.
Now they are back.

※ am/is는 'm, 's, are은 're 형태로 축약 가능. 과거형(was/were)은 축약 형태로 쓰지 않음 유의.