Question

Complete the sentence with the suitable option:
Our teacher wished he __________ another profession.
a) chose
b) had chosen
c) would choose
d) has chosen

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 past perfect tense, as past perfect tense is a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. It is used for imaginative situations as well.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'chose', refers to the simple past tense form of the verb ‘choose’. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the past perfect tense.
Option (b.), ‘had chosen', refers to the past perfect tense form of the verb ‘choose’. Therefore, option (b.) is correct.
Option (c.), ‘would choose', refers to the present tense form of the verb ‘choose’.Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the past perfect tense.
Option (d.), ‘has chosen', refers to the present perfect tense form of the verb ‘choose’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the past perfect 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.