Direction: Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb. Ashok fell off the ladder when he __________ the roof.
Question and options
Direction: Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb.
Ashok fell off the ladder when he __________ the roof.
- was mending
- had mended
- mend
- has been mending
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - was mending
An action in progress (mending the roof) interrupted by a shorter past action (fell) takes the past continuous: "Ashok fell off the ladder when he was mending the roof." The other forms do not fit a simple past main clause.
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