Which word should replace the underlined word? “Yesterday Ana [drinked] all of her milk at lunch.”
Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grade 3 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Read the sentence. The underlined word has an error. Yesterday Ana [drinked] all of her milk at lunch. Which word should replace the underlined word?
- drinks
- drankCorrect answer
- drunk
- drinking
Why “drank” is correct
This tests the past tense of an irregular verb. Yesterday shows the action is in the past, and the past tense of drink is drank, not drinked. English learners often add -ed to every verb, so irregular verbs like drink, sing and swim are worth practicing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- drinks — Drinks is present tense, but yesterday needs the past tense.
- drunk — Drunk needs a helper verb, as in “she has drunk.”
- drinking — Drinking needs a helper verb, as in “she was drinking.”
Practice more of this
More writing practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.
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