Question

Change the underlined part of the given line, if necessary:

"The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however,

[23] soon got worn off quickly."

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Was promptly worn
• C. Promptly wore
• D. Wore

Answer 1

The correct option is D Wore

The simple past can be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true. Here, the novelty of comfortable work-from-home life is no longer true for the narrator. Therefore, instead of past participle, simple past tense of the verb must be used, that is, "wore". Hence, Option D is correct and A is incorrect.

The rest of the options do not express this condition, 'soon' and 'promptly' (options B and C) are not required because there is already a word that means the same in the sentence: 'quickly'.

Hence these options are incorrect.