[amp_mcq option1=”have seen/leave” option2=”saw/has left” option3=”hadn’t seen/left” option4=”haven’t seen/left” correct=”option3″]
The correct answer is: I haven’t seen Tom since he left school.
The verb “see” is used in the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and continues up to the present. In this case, the action is “seeing Tom.” The action started when Tom left school, and it continues up to the present, because the speaker has not seen Tom since he left school.
The verb “leave” is used in the simple past tense to talk about an action that happened at a specific time in the past. In this case, the action is “Tom leaving school.” The action happened when Tom left school, and it is not ongoing.
The verb “saw” is used in the simple past tense to talk about an action that happened at a specific time in the past. In this case, the action is “the speaker seeing Tom.” The action happened when the speaker saw Tom, and it is not ongoing.
The verb “hadn’t seen” is used in the past perfect tense to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past. In this case, the action is “the speaker not seeing Tom.” The action happened before Tom left school, and it is not ongoing.
Therefore, the correct answer is: I haven’t seen Tom since he left school.