IXL | Choose between the past tense and past participle

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb.

Joy's

day had

begun

with a big bowl of cereal.

began

begun

ref_doc_title.

Learn with an example

question

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb.

The crowd had

grown

until people were spilling out the door.

grown

grew

key idea

The perfect tense usually tells about something that has, had, or will have happened. It uses a form of the helping verb to have with the past participle of a verb.

The past participle of a verb is usually the same as its past-tense form, but not always. Some verbs have irregular past participles. You have to remember them.

Toby had seen that movie.

I have run a marathon.

The tree has grown taller.

Claire will have eaten dinner.

The past tense does not use the helping verb to have. It uses the past-tense form of the verb.

Toby saw that movie.

I ran a marathon.

The tree grew taller.

Claire ate dinner.

solution

Grown is the past participle of grow. It is used with the helping verb to have to form the perfect tense.

Grew is the past-tense form of grow.

The sentence uses the helping verb to have, so it is in the perfect tense. Complete the sentence with the past participle, grown.

Looking for more? Try this:

$Confetti$

Excellent!

Now entering the Challenge Zone—are you ready?

Questions
answeredQuestions

Time
elapsedTime

hr	min	sec
00	00	06

SmartScore
out of 100
IXL's SmartScore is a dynamic measure of progress towards mastery, rather than a percentage grade. It tracks your skill level as you tackle progressively more difficult questions. Consistently answer questions correctly to reach excellence (90), or conquer the Challenge Zone to achieve mastery (100)! Learn more

Teacher tools

Work it out

Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

OO.4Identify the irregular past tense

OO.15Choose between the past tense and past participle

Excellent! You got that right!

Jumping to level 1 of 1

Excellent!