ShmoopTube

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We're shmoopy and we know it...

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Fill in the blank: One of the movies we want to see _______ sold out.

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And here are the potential answers:

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So... what is this question asking?

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It wants to know if we can determine the proper tense to squeeze into this blank space.

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The key thing is to recognize that the sentence starts with "one of." So even though "movies"

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is plural, we just want to know about ONE movie.

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Maybe we'll sneak in for a double feature later, but that's beside the point.

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Now... what sounds correct?

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A movie ARE sold out?

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A movie WAS sold out?

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A movie AM sold out?

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A movie IS sold out?

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"Was" and "Is" both sound like they could work, so let's take another look at

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our original sentence.

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We're talking about a movie we WANT to see... not one we WANTED to see.

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In other words, we're not using past tense... so we can junk WAS.

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Our answer is D.

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As in, "Don't make Smurfs 3."

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