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Question 85

Select every verb that follows the base-returning pattern, where the past participle is spelled exactly like the base form.

  1. becomeCorrect answer
  2. comeCorrect answer
  3. begin
  4. runCorrect answer
  5. ring
  6. get

Explanation

Become, come and run return to their base form in the participle: become — became — become, come — came — come, run — ran — run. Begin and ring instead keep three distinct forms (began — begun, rang — rung), and get uses one shared past form, got, for both slots.

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