Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word from the options provided after each. The first one has been done for you. A farmer (0) LIVED (live) on the same farm all his life. It (1) __________ (be) a good farm. As the years (2) __________ (pass), the farmer (3) __________ (begin) to tire and he (4) __________ (long) for a change, for something better.
(4) __________ (long)
Topic: Tenses — correct form of the verb
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Answer
(b) longed.
Simple past again: "he LONGED for a change". The verb is regular, so the past is formed with -ed.
Note that the sentence has two verbs joined by "and" — "the farmer began to tire AND he longed for a change". Verbs joined this way must be in the SAME tense, so once "began" is fixed as past, "longed" follows necessarily.
Option (d) "longingly" is an ADVERB, not a verb form at all, and can be eliminated on sight — the -ly ending is the giveaway. Watch for this: option lists in this question type often include a related adverb or noun to catch candidates who are matching word-shapes rather than thinking about function.
longed.