Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet. I was living in Chennai for ten years when I was a child.
Options
A. had lived
B. lived
C. had been living
D. No improvement
Correct Answer
had lived
Explanation
The event of living in Chennai is over long back, hence the sentence is in past perfect tense. ?had lived? will be the correct expression.