Question

Find the appropriate form of verb to fill in the blank:
Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He’s much better than me, so he __________ (win) easily.
a. Wins
b. Won
c. Has won
d. Will win

Answer 1

Hint: The question is talking about an action that has happened in the past at a specific time, i.e. yesterday. So, the thing we need to do is - we need to find a verb in simple past tense.

Complete solution:
First let us understand what we need, as we are talking about something that has happened it is past tense.
As per the question we will use the simple past which is a verb tense used to show that an action took place at a specific time in the past.
Remember that the simple past tense of the verb is frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.

Now, let us look into the examples and find an appropriate solution for the given question –
> Option a, is wins, this is in the present tense. Hence, cannot be used.
> Option b, won, is in the simple past tense. Hence, we can use it.
> Option c, has won is in the past perfect tense. Hence, cannot be used.
> Option d, will win is in the future tense. Hence, we cannot use it.

This clearly shows us that the correct solution for the given question is in option b.

Note: Do not change the tense of the sentence while finding the correct form of verb to fill the blanks. The sentence is in past tense therefore keep the verb in past tense then only the solution will be considered correct. And if you keep this in mind you can easily narrow down your answers.