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Were is plural, used when you are speaking of more than one:

There were ten apples before lunch, now there are six.

Because English lacks a singular second-person pronoun which is different from its plural counterpart, were is used in both cases:

I believe you were going to take out the garbage?

Was is singular, used when you are referring to one:

When Mary came home today, a squirrel was sitting on the step as if waiting for her.

Shush.

Were we going to bed, or was he?

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