Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

I _______ my interview with the vice-president when my daughter ______ me.

• A. had/were calling
• B. was having/had called
• C. have dad/called
• D. had/called
• E. was having/called

Answer 1

The correct option is E was having/called

Option E is the correct answer because the statement is such that filling the blanks with either present or past tense would be correct, but the condition is that both the blanks must be in the same tense.

"was having" is correct because "was" is the past tense of "is", which is used in singular forms of a noun.

Option A is incorrect because "were" is sued as a plural form, but here it is the daughter calling, so singular form should be used.

Option B is incorrect because "had called" is perfect past tense, but "was having" is in simple past tense hence it is incorrect.

Option D is incorrect because "had" is in perfect past tense while "called" is in simple past tense only, which means that the statement is being made in the past tense with respect to the past which is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect because "have had " is in perfect past tense but "called" is in simple past tense.