Question

Fill in the blanks with the correct form if verb :
1. That night every one of the boat's crew ______ down with fever.

And explain the meaning of the sentence....☺

Answer 1

Got down with fever

Answer 2

That night every one of the boat's crew was down with fever.

Was as a verb:

• Was is the connecting or linking verb.
• Is, are, was, were, has, have etc. are considered as the linking verb.
• A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to an adjective, noun, or pronoun that makes the sentence more specific.

Meaning of the above mentioned sentence:

• No one was in the mood because everyone was having a fever.
• Because of fever, no one in the crew was in the mood.

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