the only excuse that he gave for his action _that he was tired(was/were)
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The only excuse that he gave for his action was that he was tired.
When to use was vs. were
To add it all up, always use was for the once reflective first and third person singular. That goes for whether it’s a simple verb or supplementary. “ I was ready to watch the Auburn Barracuda win the game, ” and “ He was watching number two score the winning touchdown. ”
For the once reflective alternate person and all plural forms, use were. “ They were in the colosseum, ” and “ You were standing the whole game. ” Also use were for the academic or fantastical subjunctive mood for both singular and plural forms, as in “ If they were to bring back popcorn, I would eat it. ”
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We can write down the complete sentence like this-
The only excuse that he gave for his action was that he was tired.
Here the question is in the form of fill in the blanks. Two options are given in the bracket and we have to identify the correct option and fill it to make the given sentence grammatically correct.
Here was option is appropriate because in the given sentence the subject is singular that is 'the only excuse'
According to the subject verb agreement if the subject is singular so we have to use singular form of helping verb after it.
The second option were and we cannot use that helping verb because it is in plural form.
What is subject verb agreement?
It is the rule of grammar which decides the relationship between subject and verb it means that if subject is singular we should use singular helping verb and if subject is plural we should use plural form of helping verb.
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