Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

Three quarters of the people in the village ....... killed but only half of their huts ......... affected?

  • A were / were
  • B was / was
  • C were/ was
  • D was /were
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The correct answer is A. were / were

Were; is a second person singular past, plural past.

The speaker is reporting an event that had already happened, affecting multiple people and their residents. 

Three-quarters of the people in the village were killed, but only half of their huts were affected

 

 

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