Choose the most suitable option to complete the Sentence Priya missed Janvi…
2024
Choose the most suitable option to complete the Sentence
Priya missed Janvi because she _________ a lot of time with her.
- A.
will spend
- B.
will be spending
- C.
is spending
- D.
has spent
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Correct answer: D
Correct completion: Priya missed Janvi because she had spent a lot of time with her.
Explanation:
The main clause “Priya missed Janvi” is in the past simple.
The reason clause describes an action that happened before that past event, so past perfect is the correct tense to show the earlier action: had spent.
Why the other verb forms are wrong:
“will spend” and “will be spending” are future tenses and do not match a past-time main clause.
“is spending” is present continuous, describing a current action, so it does not fit the past context.
“has spent” is present perfect, which ties the action to the present and therefore does not correctly indicate an action completed before the past event.
Note: If an answer choice had been written as “had spent,” that would be the grammatically correct choice to complete the sentence.