Question

Starter in back of books: Was or were

The crowd (1) milling about outside the shops.
One man (2) looking through the shop window.
Where (3) the displays? Where (4) the big poster
advertising the sale? Two children and a dog (5)
playing by the roadside. A man (6) trying to get
them to stay away from the cars which (7) driving
very quickly past. Three students (8) hanging
around outside the fish and chip shop. (9) they up
to no good? It (10)n't clear.

Answer 1

1. Was

2.Was

3.Were

4. Was

5. Were

6. Was

7. Were

8. Were

9. Were

10. Wasn’t

Answer 2

1 were
2 was
3 were
4 was
5We’re
6 was
7 were
8 were
9 were
10 was