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JAMB Use of English 1980 Question 29

Question 29

Tenses

Fill in the blank space with the best of the five options: The students ________ so much noise while the lecture was going on that the lecturer had to walk out of the class

  1. A.made
  2. B.had been making
  3. C.were making
  4. D.had made
  5. E.would have been making
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (made)

Explanation

The sentence narrates past events in the simple past ('had to walk out'), so 'made' fits the 'so much... that' result.