Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate verb.
He _____________ his English tea in the morning, he ______________ it in the evening.
A) Doesn’t have/is having
B) Don’t have/had
C) Doesn’t have/has
D) Didn’t have/have
E) Hadn’t / will have

Answer 1

Hint: Verb basically comes in three tenses: Past tense, present tense and future tense. These tenses take four main aspects such as simple, perfect, continuous and perfect continuous tense. For example: later, tomorrow, next week, last week, next year etc.

Complete answer:
The given sentence in the question is in the simple present tense. However, to fill the blank we have to use this tense only. Simple present tense refers to the action which is happening right now or when it happens regularly. For example, I eat lunch every day.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Doesn’t have/is having – Doesn’t have is the contraction of does not have and we will be using this in the third person singular subjects, like he, she and etc. ‘Is having’ is the present participle and we need simple present tense to be filled in the blank. However, the first blank can be filled with ‘doesn’t have’ but we cannot use ‘is having’ in the second blank. To make the sentence grammatically correct both the blanks should be correctly filled. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Don’t have/had – Don’t have is the contraction of do not have and don’t have is used for the first- and second-person singular subjects: I and you. This option will go well in the first blank. Had is used in the past tense and using this option in the second blank will make the sentence grammatically incorrect. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Doesn’t have/has – Doesn’t have is the contraction of does not have and we will be using this in the third person singular subjects, like he, she and etc. Has is used alongside with the pronouns such as he, she it and used for singular nouns. However, the use of this option in the blanks will make the sentence grammatically correct. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Option D) Didn’t have/have – Didn’t have is the contraction of did not have and the use of ‘didn’t have’ in the first blank will make the sentence incorrect and have is used for the plural nouns. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option E) Hadn’t / will have – Hadn’t is used to indicate the past perfect tense and will have is used to refer to the past from a point in the future. However, this option cannot be used in the blanks because using this option will make the sentence grammatically incorrect and therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘C’ i.e, He doesn’t have his English tea in the morning, he has it in the evening.

Note:
- It is important to understand the rule of simple present tense and the simple past tense is used by adding the root form or by adding ‘S’ or ‘ES’ to the end of the word.
Verb + S / ES. For example, I go to school every day.
- Syntax for negative sentences: Subject + don’t / doesn’t + verb + object. So, the correct sentence so formed is He doesn’t have his English tea in the morning, he has it in the evening.