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Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

After a rejection, we tend to beat ourselves up over the things that might have (1)___________ us to be rejected—and might even end up dwelling on these negative (2)__________ a process called rumination. This habit, however, inevitably causes us to (3)_________ worse. "The first thing a lot of people do when they get rejected is to be unkind to (4)___________, and they start coming up with all kinds of ideas about what's (5)_________ with them," Gottlieb notes.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.

Option 1: lead

Option 2: led

Option 3: leading

Option 4: let


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: led


Solution : The second option is the correct choice.

When expressing a possibility or condition in the past, it is common to use the modal verb "might have", followed by the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the past participle of "lead" is "led".

Therefore, the correct answer is led .

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