Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Mary said she ____ him driving fast, and asked him to slow down.

isn't liking
hasn't liking
didn't like
doesn't liked

The correct answer is: didn’t like.

The sentence is in the past tense, so we need to use a past tense verb. The other options are not in the past tense.

  • isn’t liking is in the present continuous tense. This would be used if Mary was still seeing the man and she didn’t like his driving.
  • hasn’t liking is in the present perfect continuous tense. This would be used if Mary had been seeing the man for a while and she didn’t like his driving.
  • didn’t like is in the simple past tense. This is the correct answer because the sentence is about something that happened in the past.
  • doesn’t liked is not a correct verb form. The past tense of “like” is “liked”.