Question

Put the verb in the correct form-
The house was very quite when I got home. Everybody______ to bed.(go)
a) Has gone
b) Had gone
c) Will go
d) Had went

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence is incomplete and needs to be filled with the correct form of a verb. Read it carefully and try to make out its core meaning.

Complete answer:
 In the given question, the verb which we have to place correctly is ‘go' which is given in the brackets. A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. We have to use the correct tense of ‘go’ here.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer -
Option ‘a’ is Has gone. It cannot be the correct answer as ‘gone' is the past participle of ‘go’ and cannot be used with ‘has’ here as ‘has’ is used with the pronouns ‘he/she and it'.
Option ‘b’ is Had gone. It is the correct option as ‘had’ is the past perfect tense of ‘go’ and is perfect for the given sentence. The sentence also requires the past tense of ‘go’.
Option ‘c' is will go. It is an incorrect option as it is in the future tense and the sentence is in the past tense. So, we will eliminate this option straight away.
Option ‘d’ is Had went. We cannot use ‘went’ with had, or else it would be grammatically incorrect. And, we only need the past participle of ‘go’ and not the exact past tense of it. Hence, option ‘b’ is the correct option.

Note:
tense is a category that expresses time reference. Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjugation patterns. The main tenses found in many languages include the past, present, and future.