By ten o’clock, he ____ the engine and he _____ to paint the garage when I paid a visit to him.*1 pointa) was repairing / had startedb) had repaired / was going to startc) will have repaired / has startedd) repaired / was starting
Question
By ten o’clock, he ____ the engine and he _____ to paint the garage when I paid a visit to him.*1 pointa) was repairing / had startedb) had repaired / was going to startc) will have repaired / has startedd) repaired / was starting
Solution
The correct answer is b) had repaired / was going to start.
Here's why:
The first part of the sentence, "By ten o’clock, he ____ the engine," is referring to an action that was completed before a certain time in the past (ten o'clock). In English, we use the past perfect (had + past participle) to talk about such situations. So, "had repaired" is the correct form here.
The second part of the sentence, "he _____ to paint the garage when I paid a visit to him," is referring to a future intention or plan from a past perspective. In English, we use "was/were going to" to talk about such situations. So, "was going to start" is the correct form here.
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