AP Police Constable practice question
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb. By the time the relief team arrived, the villagers ___ for two days.
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Correct answer: (D) had been starving
An action continuing up to a point in the past takes the past perfect continuous: "had been starving".
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సరైన క్రియారూపంతో ఖాళీని పూరించండి.
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सही उत्तर: (D) had been starving
భూతకాలం వరకు కొనసాగిన చర్యకు "had been starving".
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