how cars are / were made

kohls0607 · #1 (**permalink**) 18-Aug-2005, 07:58

1) Most of the cars (are or were) made in Japan.

2) Our class visited a car manufacturing factory to learn how cars (are / were) being made and assembled.

Thank you...

mykwyner · #2 (**permalink**) 18-Aug-2005, 10:37

1. You can use either the present are or the past were depending on the context of what you are saying.
2. Cars...are if cars are still being made that way.

kohls0607 · #3 (**permalink**) 19-Aug-2005, 02:20

This is multiple choice question in an English test... not from a passage.
In this case, am I right to say that it is more appropriate to use 'are'? assuming that the cars are still around and not scraped...

1) Most of the cars (are or were) made in Japan.