Question

Complete the answers to the questions with the correct form of 'able to':

A girl fell into the river but fortunately we ____ rescue her.

• A. is able to
• B. are able to
• C. was able to
• D. were able to

Answer 1

The correct option is D were able to

The option D is correct. The sentence speaks about the past tense and 'we' is the plural noun. Option A and B rule out since they are used with present tense. 'Was able to ' is used with singular noun. Thus, 'were able to' is the correct answer.