Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has an underlined part. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your response. Otherwise, mark your answer as (4).

The siege on the royal palace at the time of the civil war lasts a week.

  1. last a week

  2. lasted a week

  3. lasting a week

  4. No improvement required

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The intransitive verb ‘lasted’ indicates something that continued for a period of time. This is implied in the sentence and thus, this fits the context.

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