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Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.

I did not attend the meeting because I were not being invited.

Option 1: No substitution

Option 2: I am not being

Option 3: I had not been

Option 4: I was not been


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Correct Answer: I had not been


Solution : The correct choice is the third option .

Explanation : This sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error. Here, I had not been, is a valid substitution. It uses the past perfect tense representing the passive structure, indicating that the lack of invitation occurred before a specified point in the past.

Therefore, the corrected sentence would be: "I did not attend the meeting because I had not been invited."

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