Question

fill in the blanks with the simple past or The past perfect tense of the verb given in the brackets. he _________(always hope) that this portrait would bring him great acclaim. option A always hoped option B had always hoped option C had always hope been hoping option d had always being hoping​

Answer 1

he had always been hoping that his portrait would bring him great acclaim

Answer 2

Answer:

the correct answer because in the sentence we find the structure of the past perfect tense, i.e., had+ past participle of the verb (listened).

Option A is incorrect because of the presence of 'had', which is used in the past perfect forms.

Option C is incorrect because for the sentence to be in the past perfect continuous tense, the verb has to be in the -ing form.

Option D is incorrect simply because the sentence is not in the present tense in any way.