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Which verb can complete the sentence?

I met Tomi when he … (is/are/was/were) attending a party.

Asked by Agungmujtaba, Last updated: Mar 12, 2024

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K. Gibson

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Answered Sep 24, 2020

It is simply correct to say, "I met Tomi when he was attending a party." This is because of the verb that was earlier used. The verb was in the past tense, which shows that the event where Tomi was being met was a past event. So, the verb that would follow should be in the past form "was."

Also, it would be was and not were because the event has the only person in it. This makes the singular "was" right, and the plural "were" wrong. The English language is one of the most spoken languages in the world.

This can be due to the fact that some countries were colonized by the English speaking countries, such as Britain and America. Still, as this language seem easy for some, it is quite difficult for some people. Nevertheless, learning the concords in the English language would help to understand a lot about the language.

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agungmujtaba

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Answered Mar 04, 2018

Was

Tense yang digunakan adalah past continuous tense karena kalimat diatas menunjukkan adanya kejadian yang sedang berlangsung dimasa lampau dan ada aktivitas/kejadian lain yang menyela (time signal dari kejadian yang menyela adalah when). Perhatikan juga kata kerja met yang merupakan verb2 dari kata kerja meet yang jelas menunjukkan past.
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