Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

When Mr. Brown ______ to the party all the guests _______ at the table.

• A. come/sat
• B. came/are sitting
• C. came/were sitting
• D. comes/sit
• E. came/had sat

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

came/were sitting

Option C is the correct answer because this statement can have the blanks filled in either past or present tense and it would be correct, provided both the blanks are in the same tense.

Hence this is correct because both the blanks are in simple past tense, "came" is the past tense of "come" and "were sitting" is the plural past tense.

Option A is incorrect because "come" is in present tense while "sat" is in past.

Option B is incorrect because "are sitting" is in present tense while "came" is in past.

Option D is incorrect because "comes" is the singular third person form of "come" which is in the present tense, while "wee sitting" is in the past tense.

Option E is incorrect because "had sat" is perfect past tense while "came " is in simple past tense it is incorrect.