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Select the word that correctly completes the sentence: The car ___________ over the road.

  1. ran

  2. running

  3. runned

  4. runs

The correct answer is: ran

The word that correctly completes the sentence is "ran." This word is the past tense of the verb "to run," which indicates an action that has already taken place. In the context of the sentence, using "ran" suggests that the car moved over the road at some point in the past. The other choices do not fit grammatically in the given context. "Running" is the present participle and would typically be used in continuous tense constructions rather than in a simple past context. "Runned" is not a correct form of the verb and is simply a misspelling since the past form of "run" is "ran." "Runs" is the third person present tense form of the verb and would imply that the action happens regularly or currently, which does not align with the context that's intended in the sentence.