In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'no improvement'. My father (were standing) in the balcony, his face clenched in a storm of emotions.?

was standing
was stand
was stood
no improvement

LohaHridoy

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2025-01-04 04:42

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AhmedNazir

Option 1 : was standing

The correct answer is was standing.

Reading the given sentence we find that:

My father is a singular noun.
The helping verb 'were' is used only with plural nouns.
Therefore we should replace were standing with was standing.
The helping verb 'was' is used with singular nouns

In the given sentence the father was performing a continuous action in the past.
Hence the -ing form of the verb is used here, and the tense is past continuous tense.

4 views Answered 2022-09-04 04:29

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