Question

everybody____ happy at the picnic(was /were)

fill in the blanks with suitable verbs choosing from the brackets

Answer 1

Everybody were happy at the picnic.

Answer 2

Concept:-

In grammar, the verb is the word which describes how something is an event and an action. In syntax, the action word is the word which depicts how something is an occasion and an activity.

Given:-

Given that the question everybody____ happy at the picnic (was /were).

Find:-

We have to find that the correct option of the question, “Given that the question everybody____ happy at the picnic” from the given options.

Solution:-

• everybody was happy at the picnic.
• Everybody is a singular and the singular verb is was whereas the plural verb is were. Everybody, everyone, somebody, and someone are singular. So, was is the appropriate word for the blank.

Hence, we filled the blanks with was.

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