Complete the following sentences using was or were.<\/p>\n
Hints<\/p>\n
Use \u2018was\u2019 when the subject is a singular pronoun (he, she, it, I) or a singular noun (Raju, Radha, child, book etc.)<\/p>\n
Use \u2018were\u2019 when the subject is a plural pronoun (we, they, you) or a plural noun (boys, students, girls, books, birds etc.)<\/p>\n
1. I …………………. waiting for them.<\/p>\n
2. The boys ……………….. playing in the garden.<\/p>\n
3. It ………………… raining.<\/p>\n
4. They …………………. getting impatient.<\/p>\n
5. What …………………. you doing then?<\/p>\n
6. Reshma ………………….. preparing for her test.<\/p>\n
7. The crow ……………….. sitting on a branch.<\/p>\n
8. The fox ………………… hungry.<\/p>\n
9. James …………………. working in his garage.<\/p>\n
10. The students and their teacher ……………… in the classroom.<\/p>\n
11. We ……………………. playing cards.<\/p>\n
12. You …………………… not happy to see me.<\/p>\n
13. Janaki ……………….. unhappy with her results.<\/p>\n
14. Ram and Laxman ………………. great warriors.<\/p>\n
15. Maya ………………… absorbed in her studies.<\/p>\n
16. The snail …………………. climbing up the cherry tree.<\/p>\n
Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. I was<\/strong> waiting for them.<\/p>\n 2. The boys were<\/strong> playing in the garden.<\/p>\n 3. It was<\/strong> raining.<\/p>\n 4. They were<\/strong> getting impatient.<\/p>\n 5. What were<\/strong> you doing then?<\/p>\n 6. Reshma was<\/strong> preparing for her test.<\/p>\n 7. The crow was<\/strong> sitting on a branch.<\/p>\n 8. The fox was<\/strong> hungry.<\/p>\n 9. James was<\/strong> working in his garage.<\/p>\n 10. The students and their teacher were<\/strong> in the classroom.<\/p>\n 11. We were<\/strong> playing cards.<\/p>\n 12. You were<\/strong> not happy to see me.<\/p>\n 13. Janaki was<\/strong> unhappy with her results.<\/p>\n 14. Ram and Laxman were<\/strong> great warriors.<\/p>\n 15. Maya was<\/strong> absorbed in her studies.<\/p>\n 16. The snail was<\/strong> climbing up the cherry tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete the following sentences using was or were. Hints Use \u2018was\u2019 when the subject is a singular pronoun (he, she, it, I) or a singular noun (Raju, Radha, child, book etc.) Use \u2018were\u2019 when...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[283],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-5-worksheets","tag-was-and-were-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}