Multiple choice

Which of the following options best completes the sentence in line 2?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.

1. A farmer had three sons who were idlers.

2. When the farmer fell ill, he told them that ______________.

3. Before the farmer died, the sons went to the field and dug the whole field but found no treasure.

4. Then they understood the real meaning of his father’s advice.

  1. I have hidden a treasure in the field.

  2. we had hidden a treasure in the field.

  3. he had hidden a treasure in the field.

  4. I had hidden a treasure in the field.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (3). Case of past in past; so 'had + 3rd form of the verb'. As the sentence is in indirect form of speech and we are talking about a farmer, the pronoun 'he' should be used to refer to him.

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