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Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Out of the four options which follow, choose the correct option which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is required, choose No improvement.

  1. Before I could stop him, the boy was throwing the box down the stairs.
    1. were throwing
    2. threw
    3. did throw
    4. No improvement
Correct Option: B

The sentence shows past time. Hence, Past Simple threw is the right usage.



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