Question

Choose the correct simple past or past continuous tense form of the verb from the given options.
My uncle, who lives in New York _________ me a t-shirt but it ___________ of the wrong size.
a. sent, was being
b. was sending, was being
c. sent, was
d. was sending, was

Answer 1

Hint: Simple past tenses are words which simply have the past tense of the word. Some examples are ate, ran, danced, sang, etc. Past continuous tenses are tenses which have an -ing suffix with them. They are words which are continuing. Some examples are- was eating, was studying, etc.

Complete answer:
The given sentence is talking about my uncle sending me a t-shirt but the t-shirt turned out to be of the wrong size. The sentence is in the simple past. My uncle has already sent me the t-shirt from New York. I wore the t-shirt and it turned out to be of the wrong size. Both these events have already happened in the past. Therefore, the correct answer is option c.
Option a is wrong because ‘was being’ is wrong. It is not mentioned that I was trying on the t-shirt right then. I had already tried it on at some point earlier.
Option b is wrong as well. If we use ‘was sending’ in the sentence, it means that the t-shirt is not in my possession. If that had been the case, I would not have been able to wear it at all to check size.
Option d is incorrect. Since the option is yet again ‘was sending’, it means the uncle was sending me a t-shirt but ultimately he did not.

Note: It is to be noted that with options which have two parts, both parts must be correct. Do not select the option which has only part correct. Use the appropriate words and read the sentence to make sure it makes sense.