Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the following sentence. 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, ‘No improvement’ will be the answer.

The consequence of his carelessness was that the game had been lost.

  1. the game was lost

  2. the game was being lost

  3. the game has been lost

  4. No improvement

  5. .
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence is in simple past tense and the verb has to agree with this. Both the verbs are in past tense and thus, this is correct.

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