I was brought up in a village. Those days there (1) ______ no televisions, music systems or VCDs at (2) ______. Our only luxury was books. I was fortu - English Language MCQ Competitive Exam 2026 | ExamTest.live

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I was brought up in a village. Those days there (1) ______ no televisions, music systems or VCDs at (2) ______. Our only luxury was books. I was fortunate (3) ______ grandparents. My grandfather was a retired school (4) ______ and an avid reader. He knew a large (5) ______ of Sanskrit texts by heart and every night, under the dark sky with the twinkling stars, he would tell me many stories. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 1.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The passage is written in the past tense ("was brought up"). The subject following the blank is plural ("no televisions, music systems or VCDs"), and it refers to "Those days". Therefore, the plural past tense auxiliary verb were is correct.

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I was brought up in a village. Those days there (1) ______ no televisions, music systems or VCDs at (2) ______. Our only luxury was books. I was fortunate (3) ______ grandparents. My grandfather was a retired school (4) ______ and an avid reader. He knew a large (5) ______ of Sanskrit texts by heart and every night, under the dark sky with the twinkling stars, he would tell me many stories. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 1.

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