Hij heeft de antwoorden correct geschreven.

He has written the answers correctly.

Breakdown of Hij heeft de antwoorden correct geschreven.

• hebben: to have
• hij: he
• schrijven: to write
• het antwoord: the answer
• correct: correct

Questions & Answers about Hij heeft de antwoorden correct geschreven.

Why do we use the present perfect in Hij heeft de antwoorden correct geschreven instead of a simple past?

In Dutch, most past events—especially those involving strong (irregular) verbs like schrijven—are normally expressed with the present perfect (heeft geschreven), even when English would use a simple past (wrote). The Dutch simple past (schreef) is used less often in speech, mainly in narratives or formal contexts.

Why does the past participle geschreven go to the end of the sentence?

Dutch main clauses follow the “verb bracket” rule: the finite verb (heeft) occupies second position, while any non-finite verbs or participles (geschreven) cluster at the very end. That’s why heeft appears after the subject Hij, and geschreven comes last.

In English we say “correctly written.” Why is the adverb correct unchanged here?

Dutch adverbs are not inflected: they remain the same form whether they modify verbs or adjectives. Here correct is an adverb modifying geschreven, so it stays in its base form. (If you used it attributively before a noun—de correcte antwoorden—you would add an -e.)

Why is it de antwoorden and not just antwoorden?

Because the speaker is talking about specific answers, the definite article de is required. Omitting it (e.g. “Hij heeft antwoorden correct geschreven”) would sound odd, as if it were any answers in general, not a particular set you already know about.

Can I use goed instead of correct? Would that sound more natural?

Yes. Goed is the most common adverb for “well” or “correctly” in everyday Dutch. So Hij heeft de antwoorden goed geschreven sounds more colloquial, whereas correct is a bit more formal or emphatic.

How would I turn this into a yes/no question?

You invert the subject and the auxiliary:
Heeft hij de antwoorden correct geschreven?
Here heeft moves to the first position, followed by the subject hij.

How would you say the same sentence in the simple past tense?

You replace the perfect with the past form of schrijven and drop the auxiliary:
Hij schreef de antwoorden correct.
(Note that Dutch speakers still prefer the perfect in everyday talk, so you’ll hear the first version more often.)