Question

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate form of the verb in the bracket-
I ____ (get) a letter from him ten days ago.

Answer 1

Hint:Verbs comes in three tenses that are past tense, present tense and future tense. Tenses are used to express time reference, and use specific forms of verbs. So, there are three main tense verbs.

Complete answer:
‘Get’ (Infinitive/Simple form) cannot be used here as the above-mentioned is in the past tense and ‘get’ can be used in simple present tense and simple future tense if we use ‘get’ then the sentence should be like “he will get a letter from him within ten days or so” hence, using get is not the right option to opt.
‘Getting’ (Present Participle form) cannot be used here as the sentence is in the past tense and ‘Getting’ can be used in present perfect continuous tense, past perfect tense, past perfect continuous tense, future continuous tense, and future perfect continuous tense.
‘Got’ (Past Tense form) is the correct form of the verb to use in this case as the sentence is in the form of simple past tense and it makes sense that the letter was received by him ten days ago.
‘Gotten’ (Past Participle form) cannot be used here as it can be used in the present perfect tense, past perfect tense, and future perfect tense. The above-mentioned is in simple past tense hence it is not possible to use.

I got (get) a letter from him ten days ago.

Note:Recall the basics of tense rules of all the three tenses-
1- Simple past tense subject + second (past) form of verb + object is used.
2- Simple present subject + first (present) form of verb + object is used.
3- Simple future subject + ‘will’ + verb + object is used. Use appropriate forms of verbs to complete the sentence.