Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the help of given options.…
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Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the help of given options.
The train was about to leave the station when we________there
- A.
would reach
- B.
reached
- C.
have reached
- D.
had reached
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Correct answer: B
Correct choice: reached
Explanation: The clause "was about to leave" describes a past situation. Use the simple past to show that another action happened at that specific past time.
Simple past (reached): shows the arrival happened at the same past moment as the train being about to leave.
Past perfect (had reached): would imply the arrival happened earlier than the train being about to leave, which changes the intended timing.
Present perfect (have reached): links the past action to the present and is not used for a specific past moment.
"Would reach": expresses future-in-the-past or conditional meaning and does not fit the immediate past context here.
Example sentence: The train was about to leave the station when we reached there.
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