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What is the difference between slay and slew?



 
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What is the difference between slay and slew? Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:11 am  What is the difference between slay and slew?
 

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #263 "Irregular Verbs Test (11)", question 7

The hero in the children's story ......... the horrible dragon.

(a) slay
(b) slew
(c) slaying

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #263 "Irregular Verbs Test (11)", answer 7

The hero in the children's story slew the horrible dragon.

Correct answer: (b) slew

Your answer was: incorrect
The hero in the children's story slay the horrible dragon.
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why answer not slay?

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What is the difference between slay and slew? Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:19 am  What is the difference between slay and slew?
 

In the test sentence, the verb tense used is the simple past. The story could also be told in the present tense, but it would have to be 'slays'.
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