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Task Overview:

The task involves completing sentences using the correct forms of the verb "to be" (am, is, are) and its past tense forms (was, were). The goal is to practice verb conjugation based on the subject and the tense required.

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Solution:

#### Part 1: Using "am, is, are"
1. What color are the chairs?
- Subject: "the chairs" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

2. How tall am I?
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use am.
- Answer: am

3. My teachers are good swimmers.
- Subject: "My teachers" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

4. Where is your brother?
- Subject: "your brother" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

5. My mother is from Canada.
- Subject: "My mother" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

6. How is the weather? It is rainy.
- Subject: "the weather" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

7. My flowers are beautiful.
- Subject: "My flowers" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

8. God is my best friend.
- Subject: "God" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

9. I am a superhero person.
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use am.
- Answer: am

10. There are simple ways to learn English.
- Subject: "ways" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

11. There is any solution for this.
- Subject: "solution" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

12. This book is great. It is about life after death.
- Subject: "This book" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

13. Tom is a student in 4th grade.
- Subject: "Tom" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

14. Is this amazing?
- Subject: "this" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

15. What am I?
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use am.
- Answer: am

16. What are your goals?
- Subject: "goals" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

17. Am I in the garage?
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use am.
- Answer: am

18. The Azadi Tower is in Iran.
- Subject: "The Azadi Tower" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

19. Are the windows open?
- Subject: "windows" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

20. I love Canadian carpets because they are so nice.
- Subject: "they" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

21. Who are your best friends?
- Subject: "best friends" (plural) → Use are.
- Answer: are

22. The story is about honesty and happiness.
- Subject: "The story" (singular) → Use is.
- Answer: is

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#### Part 2: Using "was, were"
1. I was very tired yesterday.
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

2. It was a fun party.
- Subject: "It" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

3. My pillows were soft and small.
- Subject: "pillows" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

4. Tom was happy.
- Subject: "Tom" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

5. My parents were amazing.
- Subject: "parents" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

6. Jack was a nice and friendly boy.
- Subject: "Jack" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

7. Where was your coat?
- Subject: "coat" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

8. What color was your bike?
- Subject: "bike" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

9. I was good at Math.
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

10. My English grades were very bad.
- Subject: "grades" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

11. We were in Argentina last week.
- Subject: "We" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

12. Our teacher was always angry.
- Subject: "teacher" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

13. I was sad because my mother was sad.
- Subject: "I" (first person singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

14. What was the title of the film?
- Subject: "title" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

15. Where were my shoes?
- Subject: "shoes" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

16. My pets were Labrador.
- Subject: "pets" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

17. It was very cold two days ago.
- Subject: "It" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

18. Patrick was at the supermarket.
- Subject: "Patrick" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

19. The bike was at the sports department.
- Subject: "bike" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

20. The birthday cake was very good.
- Subject: "cake" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

21. We were so sick last week.
- Subject: "We" (plural) → Use were.
- Answer: were

22. It was too difficult.
- Subject: "It" (singular) → Use was.
- Answer: was

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Final Answers:

#### Part 1:
1. are
2. am
3. are
4. is
5. is
6. is
7. are
8. is
9. am
10. are
11. is
12. is
13. is
14. is
15. am
16. are
17. am
18. is
19. are
20. are
21. are
22. is

#### Part 2:
1. was
2. was
3. were
4. was
5. were
6. was
7. was
8. was
9. was
10. were
11. were
12. was
13. was
14. was
15. were
16. were
17. was
18. was
19. was
20. was
21. were
22. was

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Explanation:

- Present Tense ("am, is, are"):
- Use am with the first-person singular pronoun "I".
- Use is with singular subjects (e.g., he, she, it, the book).
- Use are with plural subjects (e.g., we, they, the chairs).

- Past Tense ("was, were"):
- Use was with singular subjects (e.g., I, he, she, it).
- Use were with plural subjects (e.g., we, they, the books).

By following these rules, you can correctly fill in the blanks for both parts of the exercise.

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Final Answer:
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