Question

I _________ because I had forgotten my homework. (Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.)
A) will apologize
B) apologized
C) am apologizing
D) have apologized

Answer 1

Hint: The past perfect, also known as the pluperfect, is a verb tense that is used to describe behaviour that occurred before some point in the past. The past perfect tense is for talking about something that happened before. The structure of the past perfect tense is subject + had + [past participle]. It doesn’t matter if the subject is singular or plural; the formula doesn’t change.

Complete answer:
In order to complete the sentence, ‘I had forgotten my homework’ , the action is completed first and another action is also done in the past. So, you identify the sentence should be in past perfect form.

Now let us look into the given options:
Option A: ‘will apologize’ is the action but it will happen in future. But the sentence B is in the past perfect tense. Thus the option is not suitable for the sentence. So, this is incorrect.
Option B: apologized is the event that has happened in the past. As a result, this option is the best fit for the sentence in past perfect form. So, this is the right one.
Option C: am apologizing is the event that has happened in the present continuous. As a result, this option is not fit for the sentence in past perfect form. So, this is an incorrect one.
Option D: ‘have apologized’ is the event that has happened in the past. But this structure is incorrect. As a result, this option is not appropriate for the sentence in past perfect form. So, this is also an incorrect one.

When comparing the four options, we choose option B is perfectly fit for the sentence. The word apologized is past action. So, we frame the sentence as I ‘apologized’ because I had forgotten my homework.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: We note the sentence has two action denotes past form. But, we found the sentence in past perfect form means the action is done in the past just before the next event that was also done in the past.