Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Alison __________ to Chicago, but she would like to go there one day.

• A. was
• B. has been
• C. wasn't
• D. has never been

Answer 1

The correct option is D has never been

Answer : D

Present Perfect Tense is used to refer:

• to a completed action and an indefinite/unspecified time in the past
  

• to an action that began in the past and continued to the present time

Here in the question, we see that the speaker is expressing the desire to go to Chicago. "..she would like to go there one day" suggests that she has not not been there.

So we see that, she has visited Chicago in the past and that has continued up to present time. Therefore the correct tense to use here is Present Perfect.

Formulation of sentences of Present Perfect Tense: have/has + past participle form of the verb.

"have" is used with : I / you / we / they

"has" is used with : he / she / it / nearly all singular nouns

Here the verb is be, & past participle of finish is -- been.

Therefore to construct this sentence in Present Perfect Tense we will add "has" + never + "been".

Thus, the correct complete sentence is:

Alison HAS NEVER BEEN to Chicago, but she would like to go there one day.

- "never" is used to indicated that she has NOT been to Chicago ever.

Looking at other options:

• was : past tense of the verb "be"
• has been : present perfect tense, but used in positive sentences, that it to denote the occurrence of something
• wasn't : contracted form of was not; past tense