Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My father ______ home last week.

went

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is went.

The verb go has three forms: go, went, and gone. The simple past form of the verb go is went. This means that the verb went is used to describe an action that happened in the past. In this case, the sentence is saying that my father went home last week. This means that the action of going home happened in the past.

The other options do not make sense in the context of the sentence.

• Go is the present tense form of the verb go. It is not used to describe an action that happened in the past.
• Gone is the past participle form of the verb go. It is used to describe an action that has been completed. In this case, the sentence is not saying that my father's action of going home has been completed.
• Has gone is the present perfect form of the verb go. It is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present. In this case, the sentence is not saying that my father's action of going home started in the past and continues to the present.