Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
He was hanged the picture on the wall when I came in.
Answer: D
Correct answer: hanging
The verb hang has two sets of past forms, and choosing between them depends on the meaning. For objects, the forms are hang – hung – hung: he hung the picture on the wall. For execution by hanging, they are hang – hanged – hanged: the murderer was hanged at dawn. Using hanged of a picture is therefore wrong on both counts. The sentence also needs a continuous form, because the action was in progress when the speaker came in - the past continuous is exactly what an interrupted action calls for. So he was hanging the picture when I came in. Hung alone would be the simple past and would not fit after was. A comparable split exists in lie, which has lay – lain for reclining and lied – lied for telling untruths.
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