Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence is given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

Gandhiji, the father of the nation, was living a simple life.

  1. had lived

  2. lived

  3. is living

  4. No improvement needed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is a statement of a fact of past. Case of past indefinite tense. And in such cases we use second form of the verb (without any auxilary).

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