Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumIrregular past participle after 'have'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The stones have ____ more than a million loaves' worth of flour.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. groundCorrect
- B. grinded
- C. grind
- D. grinding
Answer: A. ground
'Have ground': the past participle of 'grind'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. grinded
- 'Grinded' is not a form.
- C. grind
- 'Have grind' is not a form.
- D. grinding
- 'Have grinding' is not a form.
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