We have seen the use of 'were' to tell about a past profession.
In this lesson, we shall learn the use of 'were' to ask a question about the profession in the past.
Formation of a question
The formation of this sentence is-
- Were + subject (we/ you/ they/ or any plural number) + remaining words + ?
♦ to ask about a profession
We shall discuss the use of ‘were' in a sentence.
Here are some examples. The formation is as above.
Have a look-
- Were we hawkers?
- Were you MLAs?
- Were you a blacksmith?
- Were my two brothers pilots?
- Were they shopkeepers?
- Were her sisters designers?
- Were his parents collectors?
- Were her three neighbors watchmen?
- Were Sahil and his friend taxi drivers?
- Were they fiction writers?
- Were Sameer and his colleagues architects?
- Were they skilled potters?
- Were you a bank manager?
- Were you news reporters?
- Were Tarak and his uncle comic poets?
- Were Lara’s friends’ clerks in school?
- Were they Foreign Ministers?
- Were Sachin’s two brothers cricket players?
- Were we doctors at government hospitals?
- Were my husband and brother professors at Bhavans College?
- Were my sisters chemical engineers?
- Were they ticket checkers in the railway department?
- Were her son and she, both advocates at Supreme Court?
- Were his two uncles professional photographers?
- Were they motormen at Mumbai local train?
- Were both sisters nurses in medical college?
- Were you officers in the education department?
- Were Smita and her spouse teachers in Aurangabad?
- Were we academic book publishers?
- Were they booksellers in Pune?