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Standard English ConventionsEasyPast tense for a finished event

Standard English Conventions practice question

Last summer we ____ two weeks camping by the lake.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. spentCorrect
  2. B. spend
  3. C. spending
  4. D. will spend

Answer: A. spent

'Last summer' sets the past.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. spend
Present.
C. spending
Not a finite verb.
D. will spend
Future.

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