Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPast participle after 'have'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The volunteers have ____ more than three hundred trees along the river this spring.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. plantedCorrect
- B. plant
- C. planting
- D. been plant
Answer: A. planted
After 'have', the verb takes its past participle: 'have planted'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. plant
- 'have plant' leaves the verb in its base form.
- C. planting
- 'have planting' isn't a standard form.
- D. been plant
- 'have been plant' is not standard; 'have been planting' would be, but that isn't offered.
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