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audio-lingual method.

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Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

“Almost all of our human activities leave a chemical trace in the water,” says Alm.
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers|Wudan Yan|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
MIT Professor Eric Alm thinks that sewers are the missing link to tracking public health.
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers|Wudan Yan|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eric Alm, a professor of microbiology at MIT, has an idea: use the sewers.
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers|Wudan Yan|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All at once we heard that he had gone to live up on the Alm mountain and that he did not intend to come down again.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri

Since then he has led his solitary life up there, and everyone knows him now by the name of Alm-Uncle.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri
Brigitta went outside and found Alm-Uncle in the act of fastening some heavy pieces of new wood along the wall.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri
Peter opened his round eyes very wide when he saw what a large piece of meat Alm-Uncle gave him on his thick slice of bread.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri
From that day forward Alm-Uncle looked fiercer and more forbidding than ever when he came down and passed through Doerfli.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri