Standard English Conventions practice question

Answer: A. concluded

The first verb, 'inspected', is past tense, and the two actions happen together in the same account. The second verb should stay in the past: 'concluded'.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. concludes

'concludes' shifts to the present in the middle of a past-tense sentence with no reason to.

C. concluding

'concluding' isn't a complete verb, so 'and concluding that' leaves the second half of the sentence without a proper verb to match 'inspected'.

D. will conclude

'will conclude' jumps to the future, though the inspection and the conclusion belong to the same past event.

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