The ancient Greeks developed the concept of participatory democracy, but they also practiced slavery, denied political rights to
women, and __________. *Which phrase best completes the sentence above? a- wars of conquest. b- waged wars of conquest. c- were waging wars of conquest. d- were a people who waged wars of conquest.
<span>b) waged wars of conquest. This is because everything else is written in the past tense, so only choice b would work.
choice d is just a waste of words.</span>
Following the same metrics and structure of the rest of the phrases, this one is the one that best fits the blank area. That because the others also start with a verb in the simple past tense after the comma and end normally. The other options begin with a pronoun, a noun, and past continuous.
