Standard English ConventionsHardSimple past with a specific past time
Standard English Conventions practice question
The last steam ferry ____ the crossing in 1961, and the route closed the following year.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. madeCorrect
- B. makes
- C. has made
- D. making
Answer: A. made
A specific past year takes the simple past: 'made … in 1961'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. makes
- Present tense clashes with 1961.
- C. has made
- Present perfect is not used with a specific past date.
- D. making
- 'Making' leaves no finite verb.
More Standard English Conventions questions
- Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ____, the ancient… - Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? By the time the t… - Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The bridge was cl… - Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The grant will fu… - Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Students ____ com… - Hard
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Having studied th…
Not affiliated with the College Board. SAT is a trademark of the College Board.