Question

Discovered in the soil of our city garden (was/were) a button dating from the
Civil War dating from the turn of the century.

pls explain

Answer 1

Answer:

were .......................

I hope it's helpful.

Answer 2

We are provided with a statement about a button that was from the Civil War. We are asked to explain this sentence that is given.

• The explanation of the sentence is that the Archaeologists had found a button.
• This button was found to have been used in the Civil War.
• The options of two words are given and we are asked which one of them should be used in the sentence.
• The word that should have been used in the sentence is the word ' was.'
• As the sentence speaks about something from the past the verb will be of the present tense to make the sentence grammatically correct.

PROJECT CODE:#SPJ3