Multiple choice

This was the opportunity he waited for.

Choose the correct form of the verb for the italiced words

  1. waits

  2. had been waiting

  3. is waiting

  4. was waited
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The action of waiting happened before and continued up to the point when the opportunity arrived. We use the past perfect continuous tense 'had been waiting' to show an action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past. Simple past 'waited' doesn't convey the duration and ongoing nature of the waiting before this moment. The option 'was waited' is grammatically incorrect as it uses passive voice inappropriately.

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