Question

Last month he __________ three large fish.
A) Catched
B) Caught
C) catch
D) Did catch

Answer 1

Hint: Tenses is a verb-based method used to indicate time, continuation and completeness. Basically, tenses express a time reference. Tenses are the use of specific forms of verbs and the main tenses include past, present and the future tense.

Complete answer:
Let us look into the given options:
Option A) Catched – is an incorrect answer because catched is not a word. So, using catched in the blank is completely incorrect. Thus, this is an incorrect option.
Option B) Caught – is the correct answer because the sentence is in the past tense and we have to use the past tense in the blank ‘Last month he caught three large fish’. So, caught is the past tense and therefore, this is the correct answer.
Option C) catch – is an incorrect answer because catch is the present perfect tense and to fill the blank, we have to use the simple past tense. So, using this in the blank will make the sentence grammatically incorrect ‘Last month he catch three large fish’. Therefore, this is an incorrect option.
Option D) Did catch – is an incorrect answer because did catch in the blank does not make it grammatically correct ‘Last month he did catch three large fish. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is ‘B’.

Note: It is very important to understand the time reference of the sentence ‘Last month he __________ three large fish’. Last month indicates something about the past. If something had happened in the past so, the answer should also be in the past tense. Caught is the past tense of catch.