Read the sentence.

When they had been choosing to go to the dude ranch, they did not know how far a drive it was from the airport.

Which choice best corrects the tense shift by modifying the bolded verb phrase?

Responses

have chosen

have chosen

chosen

chosen

chose

chose

are choosing

1 answer

The best choice to correct the tense shift in the bolded verb phrase is "chose."

The corrected sentence would read:

"When they chose to go to the dude ranch, they did not know how far a drive it was from the airport."

This maintains consistent past tense throughout the sentence.