Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb tense:
After the family _______ breakfast, they ______ to the zoo. (have, go)
a. had had, went
b. have had, went
c. have, went
d. none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The student should go through the options and read the sentence carefully and then determine when the event in the sentence is taking place - in the past, present, or future. This will help in determining the tense.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the given options includes the answer for the first blank in the past perfect tense, which is a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past (having breakfast).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'had had, went', refers to the past perfect tense form of ‘have’.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as we needed the answer for the first blank in the past perfect tense, which is a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past (having breakfast).
Option (b.), ‘have had, went', refers to the ‘present perfect tense’ form of ‘have’. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as we needed the answer in the past perfect tense.
Option (c.), ‘have, went', refers to the ‘simple present tense’ form of ‘have’. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we needed the answer in the past perfect tense.
Option (d.), ‘none of the above', is incorrect as option (a.) 'had had, went' is correct.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tenses. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses - past, present, and future.