Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
She’s ________ the letter. She _______ it yesterday.
a) wrote/wrote
b) written/written
c) wrote/written
d) written/wrote

Answer 1

Hint: Check the tense used in the sentence before the blanks. The first sentence is in the present (to be more precise, it’s present perfect) tense while the second tense is in the past tense since the word “yesterday” has been used. Choose the options accordingly.

Complete answer:
Option a has both its options as “wrote”. That is wrong because the first sentence is not in the past tense. The word used has been “has”. “Has” is used in the present tense. Therefore, it is the wrong answer.
Option b has both its option as “written” which is used in the present perfect tense. If we use it in the sentence, the sentence is “She has written the letter” which is correct but “She written it yesterday” is wrong. The word is written cannot be used in a sentence that is in the past tense.
Option c has the first option in the past tense and the second option in the present perfect tense which is clearly wrong. The past tense should go with the second option. We cannot use the word “wrote” in a present perfect sentence.
Option d is the correct answer because the options are present perfect (written) and past (wrote) which is the correct sequence. Thus, the sentence will read “She’s written the letter. She wrote it yesterday”.

Note:
Make sure you choose the option which has the options given in the correct sequence. Though option c and d have similar answers in a different sequence, we have to select the answer which is in the correct sequence.