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. My pen was stealing by somebody yesterday.

  1. was stolen

  2. has stolen

  3. had stolen

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

 Here, we use 'third form of the verb' with 'was/were' in cases where no continuity is shown. 

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