Question

II. The barber ___ his finger while he
off my hair.
a. Had cut, was chopping
b. Cut, chop
C. Cut, was chopping
d. Cuts, had been chopping​

Answer 1

II. The barber cut his finger while he was chopping off my hair.

• For the sentence to be meaningful, we need to use the past tense in the first blank and past continuous tense in the second blank.
• Hence, the correct option is C. Cut, was chopping.
• The past tense represents an action that occurred in the past.
• The past continuous tense represents an action that started in the past and continued to occur until another event in the past.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

The barber was his finger while he was chopping off my hair.