Question

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs:

My sister _______ already _______ the food.

a) is; cooking
b) has; cooked
c) was; cooked
d) did; cooked

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:

In the given question, the adverb 'already' indicates that the main verb 'cook' has been completed recently in the past.
In a sentence, the present perfect tense of a verb is used to indicate activities that were carried out in the immediate past. The past tense form of the verb ‘cook’ is 'cooked'.
Present perfect tense- has/ have + past participle form of the verb
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:

Option (a.), 'is already cooking' is grammatically incorrect, because 'is cooking' is in a present continuous tense and cannot be used along with the adverb 'already'. Hence, it is incorrect.

Option (b.), ‘has; cooked', is the correct answer as it uses the past tense of the verb ‘cook’ and the present tense of the auxiliary verb ‘has’.

Option (c.), 'was cooked' is in the past tense and thus it cannot be used along with the adverb 'already'. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.

Option (d.), ‘did; cooked', is incorrect as the auxiliary helping verb 'did' is used with the simple present tense form of the verb ‘did’ and it can’t be used with the verb in the past tense (cooked) or with the word 'recently'.

Note: In this question, the adverb ‘already’ indicates that the cooking has been done recently in the past. This means that we have to ensure that the main verb ‘cook’ is in the past tense form.