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TOEIC Reading 5 Exercisee 350

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Question: 
O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:8:"question";s:127:"The toothpaste samples ______ back to the manufacturer when it was discovered that a number of the products' cases were damaged";s:7:"choices";a:4:{i:0;s:12:"were sending";i:1;s:9:"were sent";i:2;s:4:"sent";i:3;s:10:"being sent";}}
Answer: 
b
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answer explanation: 

<p dir="ltr" style=""><span><span style="">This question is a complex sentence. The main clause “The toothpaste samples ________ back to the manufacturer” is followed by an adverb clause “when it was discovered that a number of the products’ cases were damaged.”.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style=""><span><span style="">Let’s focus on the main clause, “The toothpaste samples _______ back to the manufacturer.” The blank should be filled with a verb, so (D) "</span><span style="">being sent"</span><span style=""> is incorrect since it can’t be used as a verb in a sentence.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style=""><span><span style="">Of all the three other choices, (B) "</span><span style="">were sent"</span><span style=""> is the correct answer because, based on the meaning of the context, the samples should be sent to the manufacturer instead of sending something else back to them.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style=""><span><span style="">(A) "</span><span style="">were sending"&nbsp;</span><span style="">and (C) "</span><span style="">sent"&nbsp;</span><span style="">are incorrect because they are both verbs in the active voice, with the former in the past continuous tense and the latter in the simple past tense.&nbsp;</span></span></p>