Multiple choice

I asked my father whether he permit me to go to Bangalore.

Choose the correct form of the verb for the italiced words

  1. would permit

  2. permitted

  3. was permitted

  4. had permitted
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Explanation

This is reported speech where 'I asked' is past tense, so the reported clause needs to shift back in time. The original question would have been 'Will you permit me?' In reported form, this becomes 'would permit'. 'Permitted' loses the modal meaning, 'was permitted' is passive voice incorrectly used, and 'had permitted' places it too far in the past without the appropriate context.

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