Choose the appropriate verb form to fill in the blanks:
I saw an accident last night. Somebody____(call) an ambulance but nobody _ (injure) so the ambulance _____ (not / need).

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Had called; injured; not needed

Called; was injured; wasn’t needed

Had called; was injured; wasn’t needed

Had called; injured; was not needed

answer is C.

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Concept: The action happening in the above sentence is in the Past Perfect Tense and past continuous Tense.
The first action happening in the sentence is in the past which is completed before the next action could occur. and the second and third actions are continuous in the past.
This means the given sentence should be in the Past Continuous Tense. In option, C verbs are in past continuous tense, so it is a correct answer.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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