Question

The crowd------------------ restless as the day got hotter
A) was getting
B) we're getting
C) is getting
D) are getting

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is

A). was getting

Explanation:

The crowd was getting restless as the day got hotter.

Answer 2

The crowd was getting restless as the day got hotter.

• Crowd is a collective noun. And it is also countable. Crowd is used as singular number. So, the verb which will be placed after crowd is 'is/ was'.
• Here, in this sentence the second part is "as the day got hotter". 'Got' is past tense of the verb 'get'. So, the sentence represents an incident which happened in past.
• As a result the verb which will be used after the noun crowd is 'was'.

Sometimes, if in a sentence instead of 'crowd' , the noun 'crowd members' is used, then in that case 'are/ were' will be used as it indicates to the individual members of the crowd and 'members' are plural noun.