Question

Fill the correct present perfect or simple past form of the verb from the options given below:
West Indies ______ 313 at two wickets on the first day of the test match.
A.Score
B.Scores
C.Have scored
D.Had scored

Answer 1

Hint: Here verb tenses are used and verb comes in three tenses: Present, Past and Future. Present tense: This tense is used to describe things that are happening right now (ex – I ‘am driving). Past tense: This tense is used to describe things that have already happened (ex – Yesterday, last week, two days ago). Future tense: This tense is used to describe things that are yet to happen (ex – tomorrow, next week, next year)
Complete step by step answer:
First we have to understand the use of the tenses present perfect or simple past tense. Present perfect is used to indicate the link between the present and past. Simple past tense is used to indicate about things that happened.
Option A) Score – is an incorrect answer because ‘score’ is the simple present tense. This option is invalid because the demand of our question is in Present perfect or in simple past tense. Past tense of score is scored. In the sentence they talk about actions that happen again and again in the present or for a general statement. Thus, this option is inappropriate because this action is not a general statement.
Option B) Scores - – is an incorrect answer because ‘scores’ is the simple present tense. This option is invalid because the demand of our question is in Present perfect or in simple past tense. In the sentence they talk about actions that happen again and again in the present or for a general statement. Thus, this option is inappropriate because this action is not a general statement.
Option C) Have scored – is the correct answer because ‘have scored’ is the present perfect form of the verb score. In this sentence, ‘have scored’ is used to denote the action that was completed in the past, especially completed in the recent past. However, the sentence speaks about the score of West Indies (which is an action) that was completed recently. Therefore, this is the correct answer.
Option D) Had score – is an incorrect answer because ‘had scored’ is used to explain something that happened in the past, before the occurrence of another action in the past. As in the given sentence, only one action has been done in the past. Thus, this option is inappropriate.
West Indies have scored 313 at two wickets on the first day of the test match.
Note: In such questions it is very important to remember the uses of tenses and the formula to remember tenses are. Decide which tense would work best for the sentence as the verb tenses are all about time.