Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option –
He sometimes wishes he ________ a computer.
a)Doesn’t touch
b)Will not touch
c)Had never touched
d)Has never touched

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and decipher what it means. Try to point out the tense of the sentence. Go through the options and choose the one which agrees with the tense of the sentence.

Complete answer: In the given question, we have to fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the base word ‘touch'. Touch is a verb which means - some into or be in contact with. Since this action in the given sentence is already a part of the subject’s past, it is an action that was carried out in the past. Thus, the answer must be in the past tense.
Now, let us go through the options-
Option ‘a’ is doesn’t touch. It is an incorrect option as it is in the simple present tense and not in the past tense.
Option ‘b' is will not touch'. It is also an incorrect option because it is in the future tense, which is not requited in this sentence.
Option ‘c’ is had never touched. It is in the past perfect tense. Thus, it indicates that the action was carried out in the past and is complete with respect to the past. Thus, it has the correct tense and is the correct answer.
Option ‘d’ is has never touched. It is in the present perfect tense and not past tense. Thus, it does not indicate that the action was carried out in the past.
Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note: There are four types of past tense verbs- (i) Simple Past Tense
(ii)Past Continuous Tense
(iii)Past Perfect Tense
(iv) Past Perfect Continuous