bit vs bites

[Miorr]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #184 "Verb Tense Practice (1)", question 8

My one-year-old son ......... me the other day.

(a) bite
(b) bites
(c) bit
(d) biting

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #184 "Verb Tense Practice (1)", answer 8

My one-year-old son bit me the other day.

Correct answer: (c) bit

Your answer was: incorrect
My one-year-old son bites me the other day.
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why bites is wrong?

Miorr

[Mordant]

You mean to ask "Why is 'bites' wrong?"

"Bites" is wrong because "the other day" indicates the past. "Bites" is the simple present, which means this is still happening. They don't agree. We cannot presently perform actions at a time that has already gone by.