He'd previously had a car but it __ several times last spring. WAS BREAKING DOWN HAS BROKEN DOWN BREAKS DOWN BROKE DOWN

## Step 1The sentence is in the past tense, as indicated by the phrase "last spring". This means that the action took place in the past and is not happening now.## Step 2The sentence is also in the past perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. The past perfect tense is formed with "had" + past participle of the verb.## Step 3Looking at the options, "WAS BREAKING DOWN" is in the past continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that was happening at a specific time in the past. This does not fit the context of the sentence.## Step 4"BROKE DOWN" is in the simple past tense, which is used to describe an action that happened at a specific time in the past. This does not fit the context of the sentence because the action is not completed at a specific time.## Step 5"BREAKS DOWN" is in the simple present tense, which is used to describe a habitual action. This does not fit the context of the sentence because the action is not habitual.## Step 6"HAS BROKEN DOWN" is in the present perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that happened at an unspecified time before now. This fits the context of the sentence because the action happened in the past and is still relevant now.