Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
She ______ here since 2019.Choices: worked / has worked / works
- Find the time words: since 2019.
- Since means from a time in the past up to now. The work started then and is still going on.
- That takes has or have and the third form.
Answer: She has worked here since 2019.
Example 2
By the time the bus came, I ______ home.Choices: walked / had walked / have walked
- Two past events: the bus came, and I walked home. Which came first? The walking.
- The earlier of two past events takes had and the third form.
Answer: By the time the bus came, I had walked home.
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.