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.

  1. A.

    will spend

  2. B.

    will be spending

  3. C.

    is spending

  4. 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.

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