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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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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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