Answer:
Tomás y Patricio ERAN altos y guapos.
Explanation:
The correct answer is: eran because being tall (alto) and handsome (guapo) is not a thing that you do or experiment and then suddenly stops; it is something that you can experiment for a time frame; at this respect we can think in an appropriate context in which this sentence makes sense, it will be, for example, if we are talking about how Tomás y Patricio were in their youth.
Remember! The way that you conjugate the verb can change the entire meaning of the sentence:
- FUERON: It is an action that is ended. It is a “perfective conjugation”.
- ERAN: It is an action that is already ended to, but when it was happening it was continuous. It is a “non-perfective conjugation”
Commonly, the non-perfective verbs appear with another sentence; for example
Tomás y Patricio eran altos y guapos cuando ellos eran jóvenes
(Tomás y Patricio were tall and handsome when they were young).
