Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

His father _____ a doctor and he _____ to make his son a doctor too.

• A. was/wants
• B. were/wanted
• C. will be/would want
• D. was/wanted

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

was/wanted

Option D: was/wanted is correct.

Explanation: The subject (his father) is singular, hence was will be used; and the sentence is describing an event in the past, hence wanted

Option A: was/wants is incorrect: The subject (his father) was a doctor in the past, and wants is in the present tense

Option B is incorrect: The subject, his father is in singular, so were (a plural) can't be used.

Option C is incorrect: will be and would want can be used for future tenses (to indicate an action happening in the future). Hence, logically and grammatically incorrect