Question

By the time he was eighteen years old, Peter ______to make a living and support his family.

• A. begins
• B. began
• C. started beginning
• D. would begin

Hint:

Match verb tense with the time marker in the sentence. "Was eighteen" (past) → "began" (past).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The sentence is in past tense ("By the time he was eighteen"). Hence the correct verb form is "began." "Begins" is present tense (wrong), "started beginning" is awkward and redundant, "would begin" implies future in the past, which is not intended here. \[ \Rightarrow \boxed{\text{began}} \]