Item 11

Directions: Read the item below. Then choose the correct form of the verb to fill the blank.

You might want to consult the rules before you make your choice!

Jim would have __________ the difficult and dirty job of cleaning the slimy gutters if the blue sky, seventy-degree weather, and new titanium graphite driver had not summoned him to the golf course.
  1. began
  2. begun
  3. beginned