Question
The housewife _______ the cakes were burning, and ran to
switch off the oven. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.Solution
"Smelt" is the past tense of "smell," which fits the context since the action happened in the past. The correct sentence is “ The housewife smelt the cakes were burning, and ran to switch off the oven.Â
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