Question

The car broke down and we ______get a taxi.

Answer 1

HEY...

The car broke down and we HAD TO get a taxi .

Thanq ☺

-ANSHIKA

Answer 2

The answer to the question which will satisfy the blank space is "have to".

So the sentence becomes: The car broke down and we have to get a taxi.

Here the second sentence is in present tense, because the first sentence says that the action "car broke down " is complete.

That is it has happened and its impact is still there so we have to get taxi as we cannot continue our journey with car.