Multiple choice

A small girl step forward with a garland in her hand.

Choose the correct form of the verb for the italiced words

  1. is stepping

  2. stepped

  3. had stepped

  4. would step

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The action happened in the past, so use simple past tense. 'Stepped' is the correct past form of 'step'. Present continuous (is stepping) would mean the action is happening right now, and past perfect (had stepped) would require another past event to compare to.