Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D that needs correcting
Question:
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting: When John, their son, was 11 years old, he was reading Shakespeare’s sonnets every night.
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A.
When -
B.
was -
C.
was reading -
D.
every
Reference explanation:
Correct Answer:
Knowledge: Tense
Explain: The time clause “When John, their son, was 11 years old” is in the simple past => the main clause divides the simple past to describe an event that happened at that time
Edit: was reading => read
Translated: When their son John was 11, he was reading Shakespeare sonnets every night.
Choose C.
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