Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

The overwhelming majority of people who ________ in the rescue operations were volunteers.

• A. they served
• B. did they serve
• C. serving
• D. served

Answer 1

The correct option is D served

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 is used in the formation of tenses, moods, tones, etc.

Option D is correct as were indicates the use of served.

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

The correct answer is D) served.