Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence three possible substitutions are given for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer. Deepak has wanted to join the medical college, but he failed to get admission.

  1. had wanted

  2. was wanting

  3. would want

  4. No improvement needed

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Case of past perfect tense. Whenever two incidents in the past happen one after the other, we use 'had' with the former one.