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Review: Verb Tenses, Answer 1.1
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- Question:
- Joe had wringed all the water out of the clothes before he hung them on the line.
- Answer:
- The answer correctly formed compound verb is not correct.
- Explanation:
- Wrung is the past and past participle of the verb wring; therefore, the correct form is had wrung.
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