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Going on, under way, happening, as in She's got another book in progress, or The game was already in progress when I tuned in. [c. 1600]

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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.

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

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But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.
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With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress.
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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Progress: an old term for the travelling of the sovereign to different parts of his country.
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Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
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