Choose the most suitable word from the given options to complete the following sentence:
As soon as we arrived indoors, we _______ our coats.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → hung
Complete sentence: As soon as we arrived indoors, we hung our coats. "As soon as we arrived" is in the past, and coats are things, so the simple past hung is needed.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) hanged | hang – hanged – hanged: only for killing a person by hanging. Hanged is used only for executing a person by hanging, never for coats. | The prisoner was hanged at dawn. |
| (2) hungs | There is no such form in English. A past form never takes -s. | – |
| (3) hung (answer) | hang – hung – hung: for putting things up or letting them hang (coats, pictures, clothes). Clue word: "arrived". | She hung the painting above the sofa. |
| (4) hang | Hang is the present form. It does not agree with the past action "arrived". | I hang my keys by the door every evening. |
Contrast: coats and pictures are hung. Only a person is hanged.