Question

Study the picture and answer the question given below:
What is the boy doing in picture 15 when the phone rang?

• A. The boy is standing.
• B. The boy will be bathing.
• C. The boy can be using soap and bathed.
• D. The boy was taking a bath when the phone rang.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The boy was taking a bath when the phone rang.

We see four parts in this picture. Here, we have to look at the picture and find out what they were doing when the phone rang. The phone rings in all the four parts of the picture. In the first part labelled 15, a boy is taking a bath. In the second part labelled 16, two boys are playing chess. In the third part labelled 17, a boy is wearing socks. In the fourth part labelled 18, a boy is sleeping. Since the question is in past tense, the answer should be in the same tense as well. We must look at the options and select the best answer.

Option A - We see that no one is standing when the phone rings. Also, 'The boy is standing' isn't in past tense. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'The boy will be bathing' is incorrect as the sentence is in the future tense. As the question is in the past tense, the answer should be in the past tense as well. Hence, option B is incorrect.

Option C - 'The boy can be using soap and bathed' is grammatically incorrect, as 'can be using' is in the present tense and 'bathed' is past tense. Hence, option C is incorrect.

Option D - Yes, 'The boy was taking a bath when the phone rang' is correct, as the first part of the picture, labelled 15 shows this; and also, the answer is in thepast tense. Hence, option D is correct.