Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Last week the police _____ Alan in his car because he _____ over eighty miles an hour.

• A. were stopping / was driving
• B. stop / drived
• C. stopped / was driving
• D. was stopping / drove

Answer 1

The correct option is C stopped / was driving

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

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

Option C is correct as last week indicate the use of simple past tense. Also, because indicates the use of past continuous tense.

The other options are wrong as no other tense other than the past tense can be used.

The correct answer is C)stopped/ was driving