Question

You are writing a letter to a friend. In the letter, you give news about yourself and other people. Using the present perfect tense, reframe the given sentence.

Dear Chris,
Lot's of things have happened since I last wrote to you.

I / buy / a new car .

• A. I have bought a new car.
• B. I has buy a new car.
  
• C. I had bought a new car.
  
• D. I have buy a new car.
  

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

I have bought a new car.

The question stipulates that the present perfect tense is to be used. The construction of this verb tense is simple. The first element is 'have' or 'has', depending on the subject the verb is conjugated with. The second element is the past participle of the verb.

Option A is the correct answer because it is in the present perfect tense as 'have' is used correctly with the pronoun 'I' followed by the past participle verb 'bought'.

Options B and D are incorrect because they are not in accordance with the given explanation. 'Has' cannot be used with the pronoun 'I' and the root verb 'buy' cannot be used in the present perfect tense.

Option C is incorrect because it is in the past perfect tense and not in the present perfect tense as is instructed in the question.