Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_____could you do when you ______seven.

• A. Where / was
• B. What / was
• C. What / are
• D. What / were

Answer 1

The correct option is D What / were

The correct answer is Option D.

WHAT is used to ask for information. In the given sentence the speaker wants information about what the other person could do when he was 7 years old. Thus WHAT will be the correct answer.

WERE is the past tense of the word BE. The speaker is talking about a time in the past when the other person was 7 years old. Thus the past tense will be used. As a rule, WERE, not WAS is used with the word YOU.

Thus WHAT/ WERE is the correct answer.