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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1) The painting in the museum   over three hundred years old. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 2) The school bus   late because of the snowstorm. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  \u003Cbr>2.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) The first bicycle   invented in the early 1800s. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) She wished she   old enough to ride the roller coaster. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) If I   president, I would build a giant park. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) If the school   on the beach, recess would be amazing. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) The math test   harder than we expected. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9. |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) If the lake   deeper, we could go scuba diving. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) The largest dinosaur   the Argentinosaurus. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) If he   a fish, he would live in the coral reef. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) The science experiment   a big success yesterday. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) She spoke as though she   from a different century. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) I wish our classroom   closer to the playground. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) I wish summer   longer than just three months. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) He acted as if he   the captain of the ship. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Language Arts | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 2 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 | 73 |  | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 |\n|  |  |  |  | 27 | 20 | 13 | 7 |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nUsing Was / Were  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Determine which word should be used to complete the sentence. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1) The painting in the museum  was  over three hundred years old.\u003Cbr>2) The school bus  was  late because of the snowstorm.\u003Cbr>3) The first bicycle  was  invented in the early 1800s.\u003Cbr>4) She wished she  were  old enough to ride the roller coaster.\u003Cbr>5) If I  were  president, I would build a giant park.\u003Cbr>6) If the school  were  on the beach, recess would be amazing.\u003Cbr>7) The math test  was  harder than we expected.\u003Cbr>8) If the lake  were  deeper, we could go scuba diving.\u003Cbr>9) The largest dinosaur  was  the Argentinosaurus.\u003Cbr>10) If he  were  a fish, he would live in the coral reef.\u003Cbr>11) The science experiment  was  a big success yesterday.\u003Cbr>12) She spoke as though she  were  from a different century.\u003Cbr>13) I wish our classroom  were  closer to the playground. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  was 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