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Which sentence uses the verb correctly?
- A. Yesterday, I eat a funnel cake with chocolate and peanut butter toppings
- B. Last year at the fair, I ate a stromboli, a bucket of fries, and an elephant ear.
- C. Right now, Susan eats a large bucket of french fries with salt and vinegar.
- D. Lonnie has ate 20 hot dogs during the county fair Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B. In this sentence, "ate" is the correct past tense form of the verb "eat," indicating that the action of eating the stromboli, bucket of fries, and elephant ear occurred in the past. Option A is incorrect because "eat" should be "ate" to reflect the past tense. Option C is incorrect because "eats" should be "is eating" to indicate the present continuous tense. Option D is incorrect because "has ate" should be "has eaten" to use the present perfect tense correctly.
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- A. Was
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- C. Become
- D. Arrived
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- A. Them
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- D. Themselves
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- A. We
- B. They
- C. Them
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Correct Answer: D
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