Question

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence:
His companions ________ (follow) his example and, in a short time, a had collected a pile of stones for paving the path.

• A. follow
• B. were following
• C. had followed
• D. followed

Answer 1

The correct option is D followed

Option D is the correct answer because the statement is the simple past tense which is clear from the part that “they had collected” because they followed his example, hence it is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because it doesn’t include a verb.

Option B is incorrect because “were following” means that they were following the example only for that particular stipulated time which is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect because “has followed” means that it would not be a simple past tense, it would mean that they had followed his example only in the past.