The contraction we’re is a shortened version of we are. We insert an apostrophe where the letter a has been taken out.
We’re taking the train home tonight. We are taking the train home tonight.
We’re the first school team to play in the finals. We are the first school team to play in the finals.
Do not confuse the contraction we’re with the verb were. Were is a past tense verb.
We were at the park tonight.
We were watching television when the power went out.
We’re is a contraction. The apostrophe shows where a letter was taken out to make the shortened word.
Were is a verb.