Use of Was in Questions About the Profession

We have seen the use of ‘was’ to tell about a past profession.

In this lesson, we shall learn the use of ‘was’ to ask a question about the profession in the past.

Formation of a question

The formation of this sentence is:

• Was + Subject (I/he/she/it/any singular noun) + other words + question mark (?)

Examples:

Let’s see how to use ‘was’ in questions about the past profession with the examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. Was he a hawker?
2. Was she an MLA?
3. Was he a blacksmith?
4. Was my brother a pilot?
5. Was he a shopkeeper?
6. Was her sister a designer?
7. Was his father a collector?
8. Was her brother a watchman?
9. Was Sahil a taxi driver?
10. Was she a fiction writer?
11. Was Sameer an architect?
12. Was he a skilled potter?
13. Was he a bank manager?
14. Was she a news reporter?
15. Was Tarak a comic poet?
16. Was Lara a clerk in primary school?
17. Was she a foreign minister?
18. Was Sachin a cricket player?
19. Was she a doctor at a government hospital?
20. Was my mother an English-language professor?
21. Was my sister a chemical engineer?
22. Was she a ticket checker in the railway department?
23. Was she an advocate at the Supreme Court?
24. Was his uncle a professional photographer?
25. Was she a motorwoman on the Mumbai local train?
26. Was she a nurse in medical college?
27. Was he an officer in the education department?
28. Was Smita a teacher in Aurangabad?
29. Was she an academic book publisher?
30. Was he a bookseller in Pune?

Related Lessons-

1. Use of was: state of being
2. Use of was: profession
3.                       negative sentences
4. Use of was: profession questions
5.                affirmative answers 

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