--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

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--sentence--

Everything else BLANK running smoothly once the database issue was fixed.

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was

--feedback--

This word is the singular form of the verb to be in the Simple Past, used with subjects like everything, something, anything, and nothing.

--explanation--

Words like everything, something, anything, and nothing are indefinite pronouns that take singular verbs, even though they may refer to multiple items or concepts. For example:

• Everything was ready for the presentation. - Everything refers to all things and requires a singular verb.

• Something is wrong with the code. - Something refers to an unspecified thing and takes a singular verb.

• Is anything missing from the report? - Anything refers to any one thing in a general sense and uses a singular verb.

• Nothing was found in the logs. - Nothing refers to the absence of things and requires a singular verb)

In the sentence Everything else was running smoothly, you use was because everything is treated as singular, even though it refers to multiple elements.

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