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Was Were Negative - Test 3

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weren't long in reaching the place.


1. We __________

wasn't right, but it was true.


2. It __________

3. The evening __________ long enough for him.

4. But his heart __________ in his voice.

5. They __________ the hands of any man.

6. Yet you knew that I __________ dead.

7. But she __________ the woman for him.

8. I __________ present when he did so.

9. It __________ so strange as it seemed.

10. It __________ always used in the same manner.

11. It was a wonder they __________ killed.

12. It __________ as they had left it.

13. She __________ sure that she could remain.

14. She __________ to go with her father.

15. But we __________ content to remain here.

16. But we __________ to live thus always.

17. I __________ sure that I liked it.

18. These works __________ in use at the time.

19. They __________ so tall as the Indians.

20. It was evident that they __________ seen.


Was Were - Test 25
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1. I think you _______ right to tell me.

2. But how _______ I to get to them?

3. I _______ with him for over an hour.

4. They _______ preparing to go out into the night.

5. He said that he _______ looking for her.

6. You _______ always right and I _______ always wrong.

7. The direction _______ the same in each place.

8. She did not know how wrong they _______.

9. But the words _______ lost on the air.

10. It _______ my turn for a whole night in bed.

11. These things _______ a regular part of their existence.

12. I didn't know whom they _______ talking about.

13. I wasn't aware that you _______ married.

14. He knew what she _______ going to say.

15. But it _______ too late to go back.

16. You _______ cruel as the grave to me.

17. They _______ both silent for a few minutes.

18. It _______ so good of him to come to them.

19. There _______ nothing for it but to wait.

20. They _______ happy as the day _______ long.


Was Were - Test 26
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1. Their looks _______ big with some important news.

2. He _______ back again in a few moments.

3. She knew that they _______ fighting for her.

4. I don't know whether they _______ or not.

5. You _______ to have been with us too.

6. It _______ necessary that I should go away.

7. They would soon find that he _______ gone.

8. The signs _______ to be observed on every hand.

9. In a moment he _______ out of the door.

10. His eyes _______ small, but his glance _______ large.

11. Only the face _______ then to be seen.

12. Now they felt that it _______ too late.

13. They _______ in no mood for half measures.

14. It _______ quite dark when I reached there.

15. Nothing _______ said of the boy's death.

16. They said that their business _______ very important.

17. It _______ a good thing she did so.

18. The same results _______ obtained from other subjects.

19. It _______ a moment before I heard her voice.

20. We _______ yet some way from the end of our journey.
Was Were - Test 27
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1. My heart _______ heavy, but my eyes _______ dry.

2. They _______ neither the one nor the other.

3. She _______ the most beautiful person he had ever seen.

4. He _______ standing with his back against the door.

5. Her manners _______ as strange as her appearance.

6. This time it _______ a race for life.

7. First, he _______ a great man in business.

8. No servants _______ to sleep in the house.

9. It _______ with difficulty that he found the place.

10. For the heart of this woman _______ full.

11. After these bitter words they _______ all silent.

12. He knew not what they _______ to face.

13. It _______ possible that she might pass us.

14. Her mind _______ too full of other things.

15. I _______ just coming to look for you.

16. They _______ beautiful rooms in every sense of the word.

17. The reply _______ that we _______ equally wrong.

18. In the afternoon we _______ beyond sight of land.

19. It _______ so good of you to think of me.

20. Three other brothers _______ sent to the front.


Was Were - Test 28
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1. I felt now that I _______ a different man.

2. When he spoke it _______ about another matter.

3. We felt that we _______ going to succeed.

4. They did not seem to know what they _______ doing.

5. No particular name _______ then found for it.

6. It _______ very good of you to think of it.

7. Three entire weeks _______ passed in this manner.

8. It _______ a strange thing for him to do.

9. It _______ indeed for him that they _______ there.

10. But life and death _______ in that glance.

11. He did not know what this thought _______.

12. We _______ going to stay with his family.

13. We _______ glad to have you with us.

14. At last the poor child _______ at his door.

15. He knew that you _______ engaged to me.

16. It was not original, but it _______ good.

17. I _______ sure that it would be thus.

18. They _______ far past the land of youth and love.

19. He _______ alone only for a few minutes.

20. You said you _______ afraid of no man.


Was Were Negative - Test 4
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weren't there.
1. I do not say they __________

2. It __________ so bad as we thought.

3. But it __________ safe to say it.

4. It __________ so dark as it had been.

5. They __________ far from the sea-shore.

6. But this they __________ prepared to do.

7. But we __________ entirely in the dark.

8. It __________ necessary that you should follow.

9. It __________ so hard with the others.

10. She __________ happy when he didn't.

11. It __________ necessary for him to see it.

12. They __________ to be taken by surprise.

13. They __________ real interests in his life.

14. We could not say that he __________ right.

15. It appeared as though they __________ to meet.

16. They __________ together to make a dozen.

17. They __________ the notes of a bird.

18. You __________ independent when I knew you.

19. But in another way it __________ so.

20. They __________ expected before the following evening.


Was Were Negative - Test 1
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weren't sure that he was killed.


1. They __________

wasn't in a position to say.


2. He __________

weren't able to discover them.


3. But they __________

weren't so easy as they looked.


4. They __________

5. I couldn't take it if it __________.

6. They __________ sure that they liked it.

7. They __________ allowed to say it again.

8. But his heart __________ in his work.

9. It __________ so in the old days.

10. But we __________ ready to do this.

11. But it __________ so in this case.

12. But the horses __________ to be found.

13. He __________ the man he had been.

14. His clothes __________ right for the part.

15. He __________ to be a part of it.

16. I don't know why I __________.

17. The day's work __________ yet done.

18. But you __________ a thing of horror.

19. You __________ supposed to come back yet.

20. But they __________ satisfied to do so.


Was Were Negative - Test 2
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wasn't sure that he wanted it.


1. He __________

wasn't with them.


2. They saw that she __________

weren't
3. We wouldn't be here if we __________.

4. You wouldn't be you if she __________.

5. He __________ as I had thought him.

6. In the morning she __________ beside him.

7. But his heart __________ in the business.

8. They __________ allowed to ask for food.

9. But they __________ permitted to do so.

10. It was evident that they __________ expected.

11. They __________ in the same class with you.

12. It __________ very large or very full.

13. We __________ yet ready to buy it.

14. But we __________ alone in the struggle.

15. But these things __________ to be told.

16. It __________ dark when I saw it.

17. But she __________ in her old position.

18. It __________ the time to ask the question.

19. It __________ there in the old days.

20. But he __________ ready to go yet.

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