What is the difference between Were and Was?

“Was” and “were” are popular and one of the most used in the English word. They are the past tense for the Verb to be. Was is used for the first person singular I, it is also used for the third person singular (he, she, it) while Were is used for second person singular and plural (You, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they)

Example of WAS in a sentence:

I was the only person in the class, or she was absent again, or it was growing beyond control, so I disposed of it.

Example of WERE in a sentence:

1. You were absent again; they were the cause of the fight.
2. We were meant to meet the principal after school today.
3. For if I was or if I were you use were when addressing something that is not in reality while was for describing the reality.

There are millions of words in the English language, and each word has its own rightful use. Words can appear in different figures of speech such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. The verbs are the words giving actions, and they can appear in different tenses, such as the present, simple past, past participle, continuous, and probably future tense. There are also different kinds of a verb, but in this article, we shall be taking a look at these two verbs "were" and "was."

They both refer to a set of verbs referred to as the verb "to be." Though they belong to the same parts of speech, they have their differences and will give another meaning entirely if used for each other. Foremost, were is past tense, while was is also past tense. Their basic difference is that was used in referring to a singular item, while were is used in referring to two or more items.