In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
They (has rented) the premises for fifteen rupees a month, a princely sum, considering that milk was fifty paisa a litre.
- Ahad rented
- Bhad rent
- Chad renting
- Dno improvement
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The correct option is A) had rented.
The pronoun "They" is plural, so "has" is grammatically incorrect.
The sentence uses the past tense later on ("considering that milk was fifty paisa a litre"), which indicates that the entire description refers to a situation in the past.
Therefore, the past perfect tense "had rented" (had+V
3
) is the correct choice to indicate an action completed prior to another point in the past.
The pronoun "They" is plural, so "has" is grammatically incorrect.
The sentence uses the past tense later on ("considering that milk was fifty paisa a litre"), which indicates that the entire description refers to a situation in the past.
Therefore, the past perfect tense "had rented" (had+V
3
) is the correct choice to indicate an action completed prior to another point in the past.