Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
I have ______ that movie three times.Choices: saw / seen / see
- Look at the word before the blank: have, a helping verb.
- After has, have, had, use the third form. For see, the three forms are see, saw, seen.
Answer: I have seen that movie three times.
Example 2
She ______ home at five.Choices: gone / went / go
- There is no helping verb before the blank. The verb stands alone.
- A verb standing alone, telling about the past, takes the second form: go, went, gone.
- Gone alone is a common mistake in speech (she gone home). It needs has or had.
Answer: She went home at five.
Where this is taught: Grammar: Start Here, Part 2: Verb forms and tenses
More practice: Quiz 38, Verb tense · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 8, Lesson 2, “Verb Forms and Tenses”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the word or words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.