Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Mason ________ his homework 10 minutes ago, but I’ve not finished mine _________.
a) finished/yet
b) finish/yet
c) finished/just
d) finish/just

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us contains a verb in the simple past tense (as ’10 minutes ago’ indicates past tense) for the first blank and an adverb for the second blank to indicate that the homework has not still been completed.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'finished/yet', is correct as ‘finished’ is the verb in simple past tense and ‘yet’ is an adverb that is used in a negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.
Option (b.), ‘finish/yet', refers to ‘finish’ which is in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as the verb should be in simple past tense.
Option (c.), ‘finished/just', refers to ‘just’ which means ‘and nothing more’.Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the given adverb ‘just’ does not make sense in the sentence.
Option (d.), ‘finish/just', refers to ‘finish’ which is in the simple present tense’, and ‘just’ which means ‘and nothing more’.Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as the given adverb ‘just’ does not make sense in the sentence, and the verb should be in simple past tense.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of adverbs. An adverb is a word that modifies something other than a noun. An adverb is the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.