Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_____ you ever ______ Herr Boschen sing his great German comic songs?
(a)had/have heard
(b)did/heard
(c)do/hear
(d)are/hearing
(e)have/heard

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence is asking someone if they have done something. The present perfect is used to talk about if you did something. Try to find this tense.

Complete answer: Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe
what the subject is doing. Along with nouns, verbs are the main part of a sentence or
phrase, telling a story about what is taking place.
Look at the given sentence - It starts with ‘you ever’. This means that the sentence is asking the subject ‘if’ they have ever done something before. This means that we need the present perfect tense in this sentence.

Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s go through the options one by one:
(a)had/have heard - The first verb is not in the present perfect tense. The second verb is also not in the present perfect tense. These are not the required answers. So, this is an incorrect option.
(b)did/heard - The first verb is not in the present perfect tense. The second verb is in the present perfect tense. However, these are not the required answers. So, this is an incorrect option.
(c)do/hear - The first verb is not in the present perfect tense. The second verb is also not in the present perfect tense. These are not the required answers. So, this is an incorrect option.
(d)are/hearing - The first verb is not in the present perfect tense. The second verb is also not in the present perfect tense. These are not the required answers. So, this is an incorrect option.
(e)have/heard - The first verb is in the present perfect tense. The second verb is also in the present perfect tense. These are the required answers. So, this is the correct option.

Note: Identify the pointers in the given sentence and narrow down the options for the correct tense of verbs. Try to look for specific words that point to a certain tense. Then,
choose the correct option, accordingly.