Direction:Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

One night, a hunter ______ near a river when he began to dream. 

The correct answer is "was sleeping."

 Key Points

• The given sentence is in the active voice and in the past continuous tense.
• Structure: Subject + was/were + v1+ ing + Object.
  • Example: She was playing football.
• So the correct form of the verb is "was sleeping."
• "Was sleeping" is in the past continuous tense, indicating that the hunter was in the process of sleeping at a specific moment in the past.
• "Began" is in the past simple tense, indicating the starting point of another action (dreaming) that occurred while the hunter was sleeping.
• The combination of past continuous and past simple tenses helps convey a sequence of events in the past.

The correct answer is Option 4.

Correct sentence: One night, a hunter was sleeping near a river when he began to dream.