Question

The cricket team (was, were) drawn from Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and
Delhi.​

Answer 1

The cricket team was drawn from Mumbai

Chennai,kolkata and delhi.

Answer 2

The cricket team was drawn from Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi.

• Both the words "was" and "were" are past tense forms of the verb "to be".
• Was is used when the subject is singular. It is also used when the singular subject is First or Third person.
• Were is used when the subject is plural with the first and third person subject. It is used with second-person singular and plural subjects as well.
• Here was is to be used as the subject here is "cricket team". It is a collective noun and is singular as it is a particular cricket team and not the teams.
• It is a third-person singular sentence.
• We can also use "was" when I/he/she/it is used and can use "were" when we/they/you are there.
• Here we regard the team as a singular subject and hence we shall use "was".

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