Review the item:
Charlie believed that he had __________ the best essay of the semester,
but when Professor Varner returned the paper, the slashes of red ink and
caustic comments immediately changed his opinion of the work.
The blank requires the past participle of write, an irregular verb. Written is the past participle.
| Verb | Simple Present |
Simple Past |
Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| write | write(s) | wrote | written |
Wrote, the form you chose, is the simple past; you cannot use simple past with an auxiliary verb like had. Before you continue, review the rules for irregular verbs.