Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

In the olden days, before the discovery of anesthetics, various methods would have used to keep the patient quiet during an operation.

  1. were used

  2. had used

  3. was used

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence mentions a fact of the past. In such cases, verb of action is changed into verb of being. 'Was/were + third form of the verb is used'. Here the subjects (i.e. methods) is a plural noun, hence, option 1.

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