Everyone besides Tom and John___there when the meeting began.A.is B.was C.are D.were
问题描述:
Everyone besides Tom and John___there when the meeting began.A.is B.was C.are D.were
答
选B"会议开始时,除了Tom 和John 外,每个人都在那儿.
本题中besides Tom and John 是一个介词短语,用来修饰前面的主语everyone, 所以everyone是这句话的中心主语,它做主语时谓语动词用单数;又因为后面的从句中用到了一般过去时(有began), 所以谓语动词要用was.