A grammatical question?

Question

Since that, I was the first place in class when I first entered school, and kept the first place until I graduated.

at the end

should i use graduated or graduate , why?

Answer 1

You need to use the word "graduated" because it is in the past tense, preterite.

I would reword your sentence to fit better in Enlgish, try this.

From the very beginning I was at the top of my class, I was able to maintain that position until I graduated.

Good Luck, and congrats.

Answer 2

The correct answer is "graduated".

example;

I graduated from high school.

I am a graduate from so and so high school. ( you name the school)

*** here the word "graduate" is used as a noun, which is describing you because you are the one who has finished studying at school.

I will graduate from high school this year.

**** here the word "graduate" is used as a verb

here the word "graduate" is used as a verb because it tells you what you will do when you finish your studies, it shows action.

two identical words with 2 different meanings.

another reason why "graduated " is the correct response is because you have your verb "kept" and "kept" is in the past tense.

In other words you were able to stay in first place until you graduated.

I hope it helped you.

Answer 3

The problem is that your whole sentence has grammar errors. Try rewriting it to sound something like this:

I was first in class when I first entered school and kept my first in class status until I graduated.

And 'graduated' is the proper term. However, a better way to say this is 'through graduation' instead of 'until'.

Answer 4

it should be graduated (past tense). since the rest of the sentence is in the past tense, it would not make sense to say "until i graduate," which implies an action to be completed in the future.

Answer 5

I was first place in class since entering school and kept first place until graduation.

EDIT: why?  You have too many commas and mixed messages in your sentence.  It changes tense and is wordy. You have "I" in it too many times.  Whenever you see a sentence you wrote such as this take time to find your main point, put it first, then your second point, putting it second, and so on and so on.

Answer 6

You should use 'graduated', a simple past tense, as the event had already occurred. I would rewrite the whole sentence to read more smoothly, like this:

"I held the first place in class when I first entered school and had kept the same position until I graduated(***from college, polytechnic,university?)"

OR

"When I first started schooling I gained/captured the first position in class, and had always maintained it until I finally graduated from***________"

***Much clearer to state from which higher institutions you graduated from, as there are several. Both sentences are expressed in as  smooth and effective a style as possible. :-))