Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Last evening two teenagers _______ cocaine into the town but they ______

  1. smuggled, arrested

  2. smuggled, were arrested

  3. were smuggled, were arrested

  4. has smuggled, are arrested
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In the given sentence both the clauses are independent of each other but they stand joined by the conjunction “but”. A compound sentence must have both the clauses in the same tense. Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

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