Demonstrate the control of tenses and sentence structure in the following sentence:I _ (eat) an apple.
Correct answer: D. Ate
- A. Eat
- B. Eaten
- C. Eating
- D. Ate
Explanation
'Eaten' [Option B] and 'Eating' [Option C] require helping verbs before them [e.g. am/have]. As these assisting verbs to are not given in the sentence these options are eliminated.Option D: 'ate' is the past tense of 'eat' which is the most appropriate choice.
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