Improve the bracketed part of the sentence with the parts given below....
A sentence having two past tenses is inappropriate (did and punished present in the same sentence). Thus, the first verb can be changed to the past perfect form to make the sentence grammatically suitable and correct. 'Although I had done my homework, the teacher punished me.'
Option 2 is thus correct.
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence with the parts given below....
Explanation:
The given sentence is: "Although I (did) my homework the teacher punished me."
Analysis:
The verb tense used in the sentence is incorrect. The word "did" is in the simple past tense, which does not convey the intended meaning. We need to choose a verb tense that accurately reflects the completion of the homework before the teacher's punishment.
Options:
a) have done
b) had done
c) will have done
d) No improvement
Option A: have done
This option uses the present perfect tense, which indicates an action that started in the past and is still relevant in the present. However, in the given sentence, the action of doing the homework is already completed before the teacher's punishment, so the present perfect tense is not suitable.
Option B: had done
This option uses the past perfect tense, which indicates an action that was completed before another action in the past. In this case, the completion of the homework (had done) occurred before the punishment (the teacher punished me), making it the correct verb tense to use. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.
Option C: will have done
This option uses the future perfect tense, which indicates an action that will be completed before another action in the future. Since the sentence is referring to past events, the future perfect tense is not appropriate.
Option D: No improvement
This option implies that the original verb tense is correct, which is not the case. The original sentence has an incorrect verb tense and needs improvement.
Conclusion:
Among the given options, option B (had done) is the correct improvement for the bracketed part of the sentence. It accurately reflects the completion of the homework before the teacher's punishment, using the appropriate past perfect tense.