Question

What did the painter do ---------- himself from falling?

When he felt the ladder --------- he grabbed the gutter to save himself from falling

A. to save/ beginning to slip

B. to savel begin to slip

C. for saving/ began to slip

D. to save/ began slipping​

Answer 1

The correct option for the given blanks are as follows:-

C. for saving/ began to slip

What did the painter do for saving himself from falling?

When he felt the ladder began to slip he grabbed the gutter to save himself from falling

• The tense of a sentence or a verb indicates the past, present and future.  
• The past tense indicates something that happened earlier, and not anymore.
• The present tense indicates something that is occurring in the current time cycle.
• The future tense indicates something that is yet to happen.
• These three types are again further divided into four more types:- simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous.

Answer 2

Answer:

to save/ beginning to slip