a multiple choice
There was only half an hour to go before the papers ______ , but I only got through one third of them.
A. would hand in B. were handed in C. would be handed in D. hand in

Why not choose C?

Question

a multiple choice
There was only half an hour to go before the papers ______ , but I only got through one third of them.
A. would hand in      B. were handed in      C. would be handed in      D. hand in
 
Why not choose C?

Answer

Tense matching.  Only option B properly matches the tense used throughout the rest of the sentence.

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