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

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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.

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And yet we keep devouring the ever-increasing array of Jewish dating apps and sites and Facebook groups--why?
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Duke kept running for offices and losing by ever-greater margins.
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The bar also claims that it hosted the first-ever poetry slam 28 years ago.
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These insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.
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What she did win, though, was the ever-more intense ardor of her growing number of liberal fans.
The Most Powerful Democrat in America|Michael Tomasky|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
But he walked up and down the room and forced himself to listen, though he could scarcely bear it, I could see.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The artist, though emphasizing the latter, can scarcely achieve power in this without also attaining the former.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
This reading secures scarcely anything more than a succession of sights to the eye or sounds to the ear.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)