Question

In an English Test, Column A gives a word, Column B gives its past participle and Column C gives the code of the pair as below:

Word	Past Participle	Code
WEAR	WEARING	1
WEAR	WEAR	2
WEAR	WORN	3
WEAR	WEARED	4

Which Code should Shamu choose, if he is asked to choose the correct pair of word and its corresponding past participle? (Note:- DO NOT include spaces in your answer)

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 3

Step 1: Identify the base word → The given word in Column A is “WEAR.” We need to determine its correct past participle form.
Step 2: Recall the verb forms → The verb “wear” (to have clothing or accessories on) follows the pattern:
- Present: wear
- Past tense: wore
- Past participle: worn
Step 3: Compare with the given options:
- Code 1: WEAR → WEARING (this is present participle, not past participle, so incorrect).
- Code 2: WEAR → WEAR (repetition of base form, incorrect).
- Code 3: WEAR → WORN (this matches the correct past participle form, correct).
- Code 4: WEAR → WEARED (this is grammatically incorrect, as “wear” is irregular, not regular).
Step 4: Conclude correctness → The correct pair is “WEAR – WORN,” which corresponds to Code 3.
Step 5: Apply the formatting rule → Since the instruction specifies no spaces, the final answer must be written simply as the digit.
FinalAnswer:3

Answer 2

An alternative way to confirm this answer is to place "wear" alongside a few other common irregular verbs and compare their three forms side by side.

Irregular verbs like "wear," "speak," and "break" do not add "-ed" for their past participle; instead they change internally: wear becomes wore then worn, speak becomes spoke then spoken, and break becomes broke then broken.

Checking each code against this pattern: Code 1 pairs wear with wearing, which is the present participle used for continuous tenses, not the past participle. Code 2 pairs wear with wear, leaving the base form unchanged, which is not how this irregular verb behaves. Code 3 pairs wear with worn, matching the irregular past participle exactly, the same way speak matches spoken. Code 4 pairs wear with weared, which would only be correct if wear were a regular verb, but it is irregular.

Only Code 3 gives the correct irregular past participle form.

Hence, the correct answer is \[ \boxed{\text{Code 3}} \].