Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No Improvement’.
A young taxi driver has claimed that a monster attacked him while he drove along a lonely road.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. while he was driving.
- We use while as subordinating conjunctions to introduce adverbial clauses of time. it means during the time that and indicate that something is or was happening when something else occurred.
- The first part of the subordination clause is in the simple past tense "Attacked" hence, we need to use "Past continuous tense" for the second action.
- The chosen option follows the given rules hence, it will IMPROVE the statement correctly.
Correct Sentence:-
A young taxi driver has claimed that a monster attacked him while he was driving along a lonely road.