Question

Mi padre ____________________ el periódico por las noches.

Answer 1

Answer: lee

Explanation: El periódico is newspaper and you read a newspaper. Leer is the word in Spanish which means to read.

CONJUGATION:
Yo leo (I read)
Tú lees (You read)
Él/Ella lee (He/She read)
Nosotros leemos (We read)
Ellos/Ellas leen (They read)

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option that fills the blank is:

• c.  leía.

- Mi padre leía el periódico por las noches.

Explanation:

The translation of the sentence is:

- My father read the newspaper at night.

The verb "leer" conjugated in the Indicative Form of the Imperfect Preterite may have the following conjugation taking into account the personal pronoun:

• Yo leía.
• Tú leías.
• Usted leía.
• Él leía.
• Ella leía.
• Ello leía.
• Nosotros/Nosotras leíamos.
• Ustedes leían.
• Ellos/Ellas leían.

Since the noun in the sentence is "mi padre" which could be replaced by the personal pronoun "él", the correct conjugation of the verb in Imperfect Preterite is "leía".