Verb Tenses: Past and Past Participle

She has __________ the report on time.

• write

• wrote

• written

• writing

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'written' because it is the past participle form of 'write', which is needed here to indicate that she has completed the action of submitting the report on time.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

They __________ to the concert last night.

• go

• gone

• went

• going

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'went' because it is the past tense of 'go', which fits the context of the sentence referring to an action that occurred last night.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

The homework was __________ by the students.

• complete

• completed

• completing

• completes

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'completed' because it is the past participle form needed to indicate that the homework was finished by the students. The other options do not fit grammatically in this context.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

He has __________ all the cookies.

• eat

• ate

• eaten

• eating

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'eaten' because it is the past participle form of 'eat', which is needed here to indicate that the action of eating the cookies has been completed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

We __________ to the beach last weekend.

• travel

• traveled

• travels

• traveling

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'traveled' because the sentence refers to a completed action in the past. 'Travel' is present tense, 'travels' is third person singular, and 'traveling' is a gerund, making 'traveled' the only suitable option.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

The letter was __________ yesterday.

• send

• sent

• sending

• sends

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'sent' because it is the past tense of 'send', which fits the context of the sentence indicating that the action occurred yesterday.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

They have __________ their tickets already.

• buy

• bought

• buying

• buys

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'bought' because it is the past participle form of 'buy', which is needed to complete the present perfect tense in the sentence. The other options do not fit grammatically.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

She __________ her keys in the car.

• leave

• left

• leaving

• leaves

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'left' because it is the past tense of 'leave', indicating that the action of leaving the keys in the car has already occurred.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

I have __________ my favorite book twice.

• read

• reads

• reading

• readed

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'read' because it is the past tense of 'read' and fits the context of having completed the action twice. 'Reads' is present tense, 'reading' is a gerund, and 'readed' is not a correct form.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

The team __________ the championship last year.

• win

• won

• winning

• wins

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'won' because it is the past tense of 'win', which fits the context of the sentence referring to the championship that occurred last year.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E