Direction:Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

One night, a hunter ______ near a river when he began to dream.

Question

Question

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SSC GD Constable (2022) Official Paper (Held On : 30 Jan 2023 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "was sleeping."

Key Points

The given sentence is in the active voice and in the past continuous tense.
Structure: Subject + was/were + v1+ ing + Object.
- Example: She was playing football.
So the correct form of the verb is "was sleeping."
"Was sleeping" is in the past continuous tense, indicating that the hunter was in the process of sleeping at a specific moment in the past.
"Began" is in the past simple tense, indicating the starting point of another action (dreaming) that occurred while the hunter was sleeping.
The combination of past continuous and past simple tenses helps convey a sequence of events in the past.

The correct answer is Option 4.

Correct sentence: One night, a hunter was sleeping near a river when he began to dream.