Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
a) Aunt Elizabeth got the roof _____.
b) Mends
c) Mend
d) Mended
e) To mend

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs are action or doing words or a verb is a part of a sentence that tells what the subject performs. For example, run, walk, eat, play etc. Verbs have three forms: First form of the verb, Second form of the verb and Third form of the verb. For example: write, wrote and written.

Complete answer: In the given sentence, the word “GOT” indicates that the sentence is in the past tense. Thus, the answer must also be in the past tense.

>Option A) Mends is the incorrect answer. 'Mends' is in the present tense and not the past tense. Thus, using it will make the tense of the sentence incorrect.
> Option B) Mend is the incorrect answer. 'Mend' is in the present tense and not the past tense. Thus, using it will make the tense of the sentence incorrect.
>Option C) Mended is the correct answer. 'Mended' is a verb in the past tense. Thus, it has the correct tense and is the correct answer.
>Option D) To mend is the incorrect answer. 'To mend' is an infinitive form of a verb. Since 'to mend' is not a verb, it cannot be the answer.

Note: In such type of question it is important to understand the meaning and the form of the verb and the tenses so to understand the proper usage of the tenses. As discussed above GOT is the past tense so the answer should answer in the past tense.