Question

When you phoned,I _____ in the garage

Answer 1

Answer:

When you phoned, I was in the garage.

Explanation:

How to use Be?

• Be is a verb used as an auxiliary verb and a main verb in English.
• It has eight forms, which are: am, is, are, was, were, being, and been.
• Among them, the simple present forms include am, is, are, and the simple past includes was and were, which make more changes than those of other verbs.
• Examples:
• I am studying.
• He is studying.
• We are studying.
• I was studying.
• You were studying.
• We were studying.
• The present participle and past participle are being and been respectively.
• Examples:
• He is being very kind these days.
• She has been preparing for the past year.

• In the given sentence, "When you phoned, I was in the garage," the sentence appears in past tense.
• Therefore, we can only use the past tense of the be form, which is either was or were.
• As the subject is I, which is singular, we must use was.
• Thus, the sentence becomes,
• When you phoned, I was in the garage.

#SPJ3

Answer 2

Answer:

When you phoned,I was in the garage.

Explanation :

• Was is a be verb. Be verb is used both as a main verb and auxiliary verb. Here was is correct because the pre part of the given sentence is written in Simpler past tense, phoned supports it, therefore its next part should be completed in Simple past tense and it is mentioned above.

• Was and were are be verbs of simple past tense. He was an army. In the above complete sentence 'was' is playing the role of a main verb.

• Was can be used as a helping verb : He was going to school then. It is written Present Continuous Tense. Now 'was' has turned into a helping verb not a main verb.

• Examples : They were my friends. Here were is a main verb. Was is used for singular number and were is used for plural number.

#SPJ3