Question at position 32 32. He______the ball in the game this past Monday. (catch)Question Blank 1 of 1[input]

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We are given a sentence in the past context: "Question at position 32 32. He______the ball in the game this past Monday. (catch)" The task is to fill the blank with the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses to fit English grammar.

First, consider the time reference: "this past Monday" clearly indicates a completed action in the past. In English, when the action happened in the past and is singular third person (he/she/it), the base verb must take the simple past tense. The correct form for the verb catch in simple past is caught.

Now examine possible forms you might try and why they don’t fit here:
- catch: This is the base form, used for the present tense or in expressions like "to catch". It does not agree with the past time reference.
- catches: This is the third-person singular present tense (he catches), which contradicts the past time frame.
- catching: This is the present participle/ gerund form, used in continuous tenses (is catching) or as a verb on its own, not appropriate for a simple past completion here.

Since the sentence requires a simple past action performed by the subject He, the verb should be in the simple past form that agrees with third-person singular subject, which is "caught."

If you were converting this into a longer context or a different time reference, you’d adjust the tense accordingly (e.g., "He catches the ball in games" for habitual present, or "He caught the ball last Monday" for a completed past action).

Question at position 32 32. He______the ball in the game this past Monday. (catch)Question Blank 1 of 1[input]

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