Question

William _____ many great poems on nature.
a) Write
b) Are writing
c) Wrote
d) Have written

Answer 1

Hint:Verbs are action or doing words or a verb is a part of a sentence that tells what the subject performs. For example run, walk, eat, play etc. Verbs have three forms: First form of the verb, Second form of the verb and Third form of the verb. For example: write, wrote and written.

Complete answer:
Let us look into the given options
Option A) Write – is an incorrect answer because it is incorrect. Since the subject within the sentence is singular, the verb will have to contain the suffix "s". The given option is inconsistent with the given rule and hence it is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Are writing – is an incorrect option because the subject within the sentence is singular, the auxiliary verb can only be "is" and not "are". The given option is inconsistent with the rule and thus, it is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Wrote – is the correct answer because "Wrote" represents the past form of "Write" (and past forms attached with the singular subject do not need any auxiliary verbs). Thus, "William wrote" is a meaningful sentence and indicates that "William used to write many great poems on nature". It is consistent with the rules of grammar and hence it is the correct answer.
Option D) Have written – is an incorrect option because the subject within the sentence is singular the auxiliary verb can only be "has" and not "have". The given option is inconsistent with the rule and hence it is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’. i.e, William wrote many great poems on nature.

Note:In such questions it is very important to understand the verb and the auxiliary verbs and their uses as the given sentence talks about the writing of a particular person. Since no word in the sentence indicates which time period we are talking about, we will have to go through the options and assess which one is the right option.
Auxiliary verb: A verb used in forming the tenses, moods and voices of other verbs. There are two types of auxiliary verbs: (1) Primary Auxiliary verbs are be, do and have. (2) Modal Auxiliary are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would.