Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
He sat down beside me and start to read his newspaper.

Options

A. started reading
B. started to be reading
C. No improvement
D. started read

Answer

A

Explanation

The given sentence is in past tense. The first part of the sentence is "he sat down". So, the latter part should be in the past tense. Thus, .started reading. will be used.