Question

The Father and his child____going to market

Answer 1

Answer:

The Father and his child are going to market.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: The father and his child are/ were/ will be going to market.

About continuous tense:

• We have to fill in the blank with appropriate verb.
• We have to find out clue from the sentence to determine the verb used.
• Here we do not have any kind of time (present/ past/ future) mentioned indirectly.
• But we have the word 'going'. It is an action verb. It is given in its continuous form.
• Continuous forms take 'be' verb + action verb '+ing'.
• The noun is in plural (father and dad).
• So if it is past we must use 'were going'.
• If it is present, we must use 'are going'.
• If it is future we should use 'will be going'.
• Therefore the possible answers are: The father and his child are/ were/ will be going to market.