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After \"and\", use \"was\" with the past-time word \"yesterday\".","Sam is tired today, and he was tired yesterday.",[136],{"id":137,"blankNumber":21,"options":138},"019faa5f-8e0d-7d3b-b6dd-43ba4215f71c",[139,142],{"id":140,"optionText":141,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":15},"019faa5f-8e0d-7cf7-b6dd-43ba40670f65","Mila is busy today, and she was busy yesterday.",{"id":143,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"019faa5f-8e0d-7d1b-b6dd-43ba415ee3d2",{"id":145,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":146,"explanation":147,"exampleSentence":148,"blanks":149},"019faa5f-8e0d-7e3b-b6dd-43ba444d312d",9,"Use present \"are\" with the plural subject \"the shops\" and \"today\". 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