Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumIrregular past participle after 'has'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The gardener has ____ the same variety of leek for forty years.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. grownCorrect
- B. grew
- C. growed
- D. growing
Answer: A. grown
'Has grown': the past participle of 'grow'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. grew
- 'Grew' is the simple past.
- C. growed
- 'Growed' is not a form.
- D. growing
- 'Has growing' is not a form.
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