Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct word to fill up the blank from the alternatives.

The doctor suggested bed rest for my mother who _________ from a sprained ankle.

  1. would have been suffering

  2. has been suffering

  3. was suffering

  4. suffers

  5. suffer
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the tense of the verbs is in past continuous tense. The action has happened in the past and is not yet finished. In the given sentence, the doctor 'suggested' in the past due to the 'sprained ankle' that sprained in the past.

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