Question

Fill in the blank using a suitable verb form:
Been/gone
Tom ______ out. He'll be back in about an hour.
A . has gone
B. had gone
C . has been
D. had been

Answer 1

Hint: Tense is a category in grammar that expresses time reference. Tenses, particularly in their conjugation patterns, are typically manifested by the use of particular forms of verbs. The past , present, and future are the key tenses used in many languages.

Complete answer:
To explain something that happened in the past, the present perfect tense is used, but the exact time it happened is not relevant. It has a link with the present. This phrase is a typical example of the perfect present tense, since it consists of the properties described above.

Have/has + past participle makes the present perfect.
Since this sentence is in the third person and we need to use "has" in the present ("had" is used for the past tense) In this case, the past participle is both "gone" and "been". "Gone" means no longer existing, while "been" means occurring or occurring. As 'Tom' is no longer present, the former one is a perfect fit for what the sentence requires.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’

Note: Definition of perfect tense in the present. The present perfect is used to suggest an association between the present and the past. Before now, but not defined, the time of the action is and we are sometimes more interested in the outcome than in the action itself.