Question

. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
The weather ________ as nice today as it __________ yesterday.
a) is/was
b) are/were
c) is/will be
d) was/were
e) were/shall be

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. The verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to select the option which correctly represents the tenses of the sentence. In the first blank, a simple present tense verb form will be used, as the weather of today is being discussed (present). In the second blank, the simple past tense verb form shall be used, as the weather of yesterday is being discussed (past).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'is/was', refers to ‘is’ which is a simple present tense form of ‘be’ and ‘was’ which is the simple past tense form of ‘be’.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as it uses the right tense for both blanks.
Option (b.), ‘are/were', refers to ‘are’ which is the plural form of ‘is’, and ‘were’, which is the plural form of ‘was’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘weather’ is a singular noun.
Option (c.), ‘is/will be', refers to ‘will be’ which is in the future tense.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the second blank needs a verb in the simple past tense.
Option (d.), ‘was/were', refers to ‘was’, which in the past tense, and ‘were’, which is the plural form of ‘was’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as the first blank needs a verb form of the present tense, and since ‘weather’ is a singular noun, a plural noun (were) cannot be used.
‘Option (e.), ‘were/shall be', refers to ‘were’, which is in the past tense.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as the first blank needs a verb form of present tense.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the students to recall the concept of tenses. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses- past, present, and the future.