I will never forget the first time I "have gone" to the ocean with my family. My brother and I "were" five and seven years old. My parents took us on the Ferris wheel on the pier and "are buying" us popcorn and cotton candy. A shell I got from a souvenir still "sits" on my drawer.

Question

I will never forget the first time I "have gone" to the ocean with my family. My brother and I "were" five and seven years old. My parents took us on the Ferris wheel on the pier and "are buying" us popcorn and cotton candy. A shell I got from a souvenir still "sits" on my drawer.

Choose the best way to rewrite the words in quotes. If it is already correct, select "no change."

1. "took"
A. have taken
B. take
C. were taking
D. no change

2. "are buying"
A. buy
B. bought
C. have bought
D. no change

I think the answers are D and B.

Answer 1

For the first question, "My parents took us on the Ferris wheel on the pier," the correct answer is D, no change. The sentence is referring to a past event, and the past tense "took" is appropriate.

For the second question, "My parents are buying us popcorn and cotton candy," the correct answer is B, "bought." Since the sentence is talking about a specific incident in the past, the past tense should be used. "Are buying" indicates a present tense action, so it should be changed to "bought."

Therefore, your answers are correct. Good job!

I will never forget the first time I "have gone" to the ocean with my family. My brother and I "were" five and seven years old. My parents took us on the Ferris wheel on the pier and "are buying" us popcorn and cotton candy. A shell I got from a souvenir still "sits" on my drawer.

Right.

For the first question, "My parents took us on the Ferris wheel on the pier," the correct answer is D, no change. The sentence is referring to a past event, and the past tense "took" is appropriate.