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Standard English ConventionsEasyPast tense with 'yesterday'

Standard English Conventions practice question

Yesterday the whole class ____ to the river to look for frogs.

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

  1. A. walkedCorrect
  2. B. walks
  3. C. walking
  4. D. will walk

Answer: A. walked

'Yesterday' sets the past.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. walks
Present.
C. walking
Not a finite verb.
D. will walk
Future.

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