After_____________smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wood floor.
Correct answer: B. finishing
- A. finished
- B. finishing
- C. had finished
- D. finishes
Explanation
After a preposition such as “after,” a gerund is used, giving “after finishing.” The understood subject of “finishing” is the same as the subject of “they let.”
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