Question

Complete the sentence with a suitable option:
The bus always stops at every bus – stop. I wish it __________ at every bus – stop.
a) Didn’t stop
b) Would stop
c) Hadn’t stopped
d) Won’t stop

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the given options includes the answer in the simple past tense, as it indicates a wish.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'didn’t stop', refers to ‘didn’t’, which is a contraction for ‘did not’, which is in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘would stop', refers to ‘would’, which is in the future tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as it is not in the simple past tense.
Option (c.), ‘hadn’t stopped', refers to ‘hadn’t’, which is a contraction for ‘had not,’ which is used for perfective tense. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as it is not in the simple past tense.
Option (d.), ‘won’t stop', refers to ‘won’t’, which is a contraction for ‘will not’, which is in the future tense. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not in the simple past tense.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tenses. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses - past, present, and future.