An Italian mayor has been cleaning the streets along with his councilors after their town (06) ______ with no manual workers, it’s reported. In fact, (07) ___was sweeping the piazza in front of the (08) _______ church in preparation for market day, (09) _______ the deputy mayor’s father and a town councillor armed with a high - pressure hose. The town Zerfallu’s last (10) ______ retired six months ago and nobody has been hired since then. “We can’t do anything - we are blocked by bureaucracy,” the mayor say . select the most appropriate answer for blank no.1

Options

A. was left
B. was leaving
C. has left
D. leaves

Answer

A

Explanation

(a) was left
The town that has been cleaned by the mayor was left with no manual workers sometimes in the past. So option (a) is the answer