Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form:

When I am late my father ______ me off to school.

a)drops
b)has dropped
c)dropped
d)none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Tenses are a concept that is used to refer to time - past, present, and future.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Tense is used to provide more information in a sentence about action, for example, it’s time, completeness, etc.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'drops', is a verb in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (a.) is correct as in this sentence, a general fact has been stated. The simple present tense is used to state facts, as well as how things exist or behave. Thus, here, the fact is that when the subject is late to school, his father always drops him off.

Option (b.), ‘has dropped', is a verb in the past perfect tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as no other tense except simple present is appropriate for the given sentence.

Option (c.), ‘dropped', refers to a verb in the simple past tense. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as no other tense except simple present is appropriate for the given sentence.

Option (d.), ‘none of the above', is incorrect as no other tense except simple present is appropriate for the given sentence, and simple present tense has already been provided in option (a.).

Note: General facts are almost always stated in the simple present tense.