Forming Question

To make a question, just like the simple present tense, we change the position of 'was / were' and the subject.

Here are the simple past tense 'yes / no' questions with 'be':

was I sleepy?
were you late?
was he at the cinema?
was she kind?
was it hot?
were we hungry?
were they at work?

And the 'wh' questions with 'be'
(the question word just goes at the beginning, everything else is the same):

why was I sleepy?
where were you?
when was he at the cinema?
how was she?
how was it?
why were we hungry?
when were they at work?