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[kisliu]

The first piece of information that he gave us was the reqirements of Associate Degree.


should I put was or is above.....I was getting confuse.....plzzz help.....
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[pavilion]

Was is the right one because the sentence is past tense. Gave is past tense. So, you got it right. However, you made a small mistake elsewhere. Here is how it should be:

The first piece of information that he gave us were the reqirements for an Associates degree.

Hope this helped!

[kisliu]

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[KazAV]

Hi there!

On re-reading this, shouldn't it be the first piece of information that he gave us WAS (not were) [...] as it is a piece of information and is therefore singular, even though the piece of information provided had plural contents?

I would rewrite it as this:

The first piece of information he gave us was regarding the requirements for an Associates Degree.

[Harmony]

It's an awkward sentence.

If you're able to rewrite it, you may want to say it this way:

The first piece of information he gave us was a list of requirements for the Associate Degree.

PS Be sure to spell requirements with a u after the q!

[KazAV]

I like that version Harmony.