Question

Complete the given sentence with the most appropriate option:
We __________ tennis yesterday but it rained all day.
a) are going to play
b) went to play
c) have gone to play
d) were going to play

Answer 1

Hint: To find out the answer for this sentence one must be very thorough with the topic tenses. Tenses denote the time an action takes place. There are three types of tenses.

Complete answer:
Tenses denote the time an action takes place. Tenses can be divided into three parts 1) Present tense 2) Past tense and the 3) Future tense. Each of these can further be divided into 4 subparts 1) Simple tense 2) Continuous tense 3) Perfect tense 4) Perfect Continuous tense.
The statement has yesterday which means that it is in the past tense. So in order to complete the sentence, the option with the past tense should be chosen so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Option A) ARE GOING TO PLAY
This option is incorrect because it is the present tense. It implies that in the present time the children are going to play which is incorrect.
Option B) WENT TO PLAY
This option is incorrect because in the sentence it implies that they could not go to play because it was raining.
Option C) HAVE GONE TO PLAY
This option is correct because have gone to play is the present tense and the sentence given is the past tense.
Option D) WERE GOING TO PLAY
This option is correct because it tells us that they were about to go to play but could not go because it was raining. Hence it is the correct option.

So, option D is the correct answer

Note: Rules of Tenses help one understand how to correctly use the different tenses in a sentence. Hence it is imperative to understand the rules of the tenses thoroughly.