Multiple choice

Blank (ii)

Directions: Edit the Notice given below by choosing the appropriate options from the list given. Write the correct answer against the correct blank number.

Today I (i) will tell you a story about a king who (ii) was being very kind. He (iii) will take rounds of the streets at night when the people were asleep so that he (iv) can know the true well-being of his subjects.

  1. is

  2. had been

  3. was

  4. has been
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The narrative context is past tense ('Today I will tell you' is the narrator's present speech, but the story itself uses past tense). 'Was' is the correct past tense form of 'to be' for the singular subject 'king.'

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