Question

We __________ (to go) to Australia last year. had gone were gone In the test sentence ‘We __________ (to go) to Australia last year.’ we are given the phrase ‘last year’ that is typical for the past simple tense.We use the past tense to talk about something that happened once in the past - a completed action ina time before now. Duration is not important: Sally watched TV last night.; Did you play tennis at weekends?. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action: She entered a cafe, took off her coat, sat down and took the menu.For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work – worked) or -d if the verb already ends in -e (move – moved).In the test sentence we need to form the past form of the irregular verb ‘go’. Many verbs are irregular and we have to learn them: arise – arose – arisen; bet – bet – bet; bleed – bled – bled; come – came –come; freeze – froze – frozen; send – sent – sent, etc. The past form of the irregular verb ‘go’ is ‘went’.Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1 (went).

Accepted Answer

went were going a

Question	We __________ (to go) to Australia last year.
A	went
B	had gone
C	were going
D	were gone
Answer	a
Remark	In the test sentence ‘We __________ (to go) to Australia last year.’ we are given the phrase ‘last year’ that is typical for the past simple tense.We use the past tense to talk about something that happened once in the past - a completed action ina time before now. Duration is not important: Sally watched TV last night.; Did you play tennis at weekends?. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action: She entered a cafe, took off her coat, sat down and took the menu.For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work – worked) or -d if the verb already ends in -e (move – moved).In the test sentence we need to form the past form of the irregular verb ‘go’. Many verbs are irregular and we have to learn them: arise – arose – arisen; bet – bet – bet; bleed – bled – bled; come – came –come; freeze – froze – frozen; send – sent – sent, etc. The past form of the irregular verb ‘go’ is ‘went’.Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1 (went).

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