Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable option-
A: Is your father at home?
B: No, I’m afraid he _____ (go) out.
A: When exactly ____ (he/go) out?
B: About ten minutes ago.
a- went, does he go
b- has gone, did he go
c- had gone, has he went
d-went, have he gone

Answer 1

Hint: We will use the present perfect tense to indicate an action that took place at an unstated time before now. Further, we shall use the simple past tense to indicate an action that began and ended in the past.

Complete answer:
Let us look at the structure and usage of both the tense-
1) Present perfect tense- It is formed with the help of ‘has/have + 3rd form of the verb/past participle’. For example- She has completed her work.
2) Simple past tense- It is formed by adding ‘ed or d’ to the base form of the verb. For example- She danced a lot last night.
In the given question: We can conclude that X’s father has gone out, to which Y asks when exactly did he go out.
Here, we have used the present perfect tense in the first blank to indicate the action that took place before now, and further, we have used the simple past tense to indicate an action that took place in the past.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘went, does he go’ is an incorrect option because ‘went’ is the simple past tense form of the verb, ‘go’.
Option b- ‘has gone, did he go’ is the correct option because we can see the use of present perfect tense and simple past tense.
Option c- ‘had gone, has he went’ is an incorrect option because we only use the 3rd form or the past participle with ‘has/have’.
Option d- ‘went, have he gone’ is an incorrect option because we do not use ‘have’ with ‘he’.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note:
Keep in mind that we only use the 3rd form or the past participle verb with perfect tenses. Also, the simple past tense emphasizes the time expression.