Read the text: "Priya's grandfather is a retired fisherman. He still wakes up at 4 a.m. every day. Yesterday, he sat at the void deck and told Priya about the time he _______ a huge fish near Pulau Ubin." Which verb correctly fills the blank?
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Step 1: The overall narrative is in the past — 'yesterday', 'sat', 'told' are all past tense.
Step 2: 'The time he _______ a huge fish' is an embedded past reference — a memory within a past event.
Step 3: Past tense within a past narrative: use simple past 'caught' (irregular verb: catch → caught).
Answer: caught
Correct answer: caught
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