I’m afraid he did not do very well in the dictation. There were________ spelling mistakes in it.

All desks and chairs were________, and then they began to dance. A: swept out B: swept off C: swept aside D: sweep down

I’m afraid he did not do very well in the dictation. There were________ spelling mistakes in it. A: few B: a few of C: fewer D: quite a few

What’s the situation? A: 20% were broken, 20% were leaking B: 25% were broken, 20% were leaking C: 20% were broken, 25% were leaking

You ___________twelve then, were you? A: are not B: were hardly C: were nearly D: were only

Thenumberofpeopleinvited_____fifty,butanumberofthem_____absent. A: were,was B: was,were C: were,was D: was,was

8. Nancy _______ born in America and I _______ born in China. A: were; was B: was; was C: was; were D: were; were

We took it for granted ___ A: that they were not coming B: that were they not coming C: they were coming not D: were they not coining

The number of people invited _______fifty, but a number of them _______absent. A: were ... was B: was ... was C: was ... were D: were .. were

What were students doing before class?: They were browsing Facebook.|They were making phone calls.|They were playing with their iPods.|They were talking to each other.