Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

Hostilities _________ after the truce.

  1. resumed

  2. were resumed

  3. had been resumed

  4. had resumed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 Hostilities will not start on their own. Somebody will resume them. So, they were resumed. "Had been resumed' is the past perfect form. It cannot be correct as there is no reference to another incident / action happening after it.

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