Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Last year they____in Europe, and visited Germany, ___they traveled only in Berlin.

• A. Was / but
• B. Were / but
• C. Were / so
• D. Was / and

Answer 1

The correct option is B Were / but

A conjunction is a word used to link other words, clauses or phrases. The given sentence is in the past tense and 'they' is the plural third person. In such case, 'were' helping verb is used for past tense. 'Was' is used with a singular person in the past tense. 'but' is used to contrast ideas.

'And' is used to connect equal parts of the sentence. 'So' is used to talk about a purpose.

Thus, option B is the correct answer.