Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Three quarters of the hall _________ full, half-an-hour before the show began.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. is

  4. are

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Case of past indefinite tense. Here, 'three-quarters' is taken as a single identity. Hence, a singular auxilary (past) is needed. Thus, option 1.