Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form-
When she had finished her homework, she ___ for a jog in the park. (go)
a- went
b- goes
c- will go
d- none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: We use the simple past tense to indicate an action that began and ended in the past itself. The simple past tense may not exactly indicate when the action took place in the past.

Complete answer:
Let’s look at the structure and example of the simple past tense-
Structure- Subject + base form of the verb + ed/d + object
For example- They jumped in the pool. Here, ‘jumped’ is a regular verb whose past tense is formed by adding ed to ‘jump’.
In the given question- We can conclude that when she had finished her homework, she went for a jog in the park. Here, ‘went’ is an irregular verb that forms its own distinct past tense form of the verb, ‘go’.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘went’ is the correct option because it is the past tense form of the verb, ‘go’.
Option b- ‘goes’ is an incorrect option because we cannot use the simple present tense to indicate an action that took place in the past.
Option c- ‘will go’ is an incorrect option because we cannot use the simple future tense to indicate an action that took place in the past. The correct answer is Option ‘a’.

Note:
 It is important to remember that the simple past tense is also known as a preterite. Also, the past tense form of irregular verbs is not formed by adding ‘ed’ or ‘d’ to the base verb. For example- Sang is the past tense of sing.