Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following conversation carefully and complete the following passage by filling in the blank space appropriately. Do not add any new information.

Father: Did you go to listen to the Prime Minister’s address? Son: Yes, I did go. Father: What did the Prime Minister speak on? Son: He spoke on the eradication of corruption and unemployment.

The father asked his son ____________

  1. if he had listened to the Prime Minister's address

  2. if he had gone to listen to the Prime Minister’s address

  3. if he listened to the Prime Minister’s address

  4. if he will listen to the Prime Minister’s address
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In reported speech, Did you go to listen becomes if he had gone to listen. The tense shifts from past simple to past perfect to show the action happened before the asking. A uses listened instead of gone to listen, C uses simple past, and D uses future tense.

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