Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:

Last week I ______ go to town on a business trip as the Ministry of Education had asked me to come.

• A. had to
• B. might
• C. should
• D. could
• E. was able to

Answer 1

The correct option is A had to

A verb is used to express an occurrence, action, or state. It is the grammatical center of the predicate in a sentence.

An auxiliary verb is a verb which is used in the formation of tenses, moods, tones, etc.

Option A is correct as last week indicates the use of had to for expressing past necessity.

The other options are wrong as no other tense can be used here.

The correct answer is A) had to