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jeetendra ji

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· 1 Months ago

was instead of were (Question: 156688.0 )

was instead of were

Question:

DIRECTIONS: A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".


He speaks Spanish as if he is born in Spain.

Options:
A) as if he was being born in Spain
B) as if he was born in Spain 
C) as if he has been born in Spain
D) No improvement   
Solution:
Ex: With AS IF AND AS THOUGH it would always be past tense.

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· 1 Months ago

Dear student
was and were are in the past tense,
'was'is used in the first person singular (I)
and the third person singular (he, she, it). Whereas
'Were' is used in the second person singular
and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they).

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