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Pick the correct form: They ____ dinner by the time we arrived.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: I ____ this novel since last week.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: While she ____ , the phone rang.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She will be ____ at this time tomorrow.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: The Sun ____ in the east every day.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: He ____ the report by 5 pm tomorrow.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: I ____ for this company for ten years now.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She told me that she ____ the song before.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: Look! The baby ____ at us.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the correct verb form (Tenses)Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: English TensesRead the answer and worked solution →Swipe: sort each sentence by its tenseRead the answer and worked solution →Pop only the verbs in their Simple Present formRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: English Tenses (Bank exam)Read the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle does this illustrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pick the correct form: They ____ dinner by the time we arrived.

  1. Are eating just now
  2. Have eaten today only
  3. Eat at present only
  4. Had eaten
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Correct answer: D. Had eaten

1. Two past events, one earlier than the other. 2. Past Perfect describes the earlier action. 3. Form: had + past participle. 4. Hence 'had eaten' is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Past Perfect_

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Pick the correct form: I ____ this novel since last week.

  1. Have been reading
  2. Read at the present time
  3. Was reading at the time
  4. Will read in future
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Correct answer: A. Have been reading

1. 'Since last week' = duration from past until now. 2. That requires Present Perfect Continuous. 3. Form: have/has been + verb-ing. 4. So 'have been reading' is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Present Perfect Continuous_

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Pick the correct form: While she ____ , the phone rang.

  1. Cook at the moment
  2. Was cooking
  3. Cooks at the moment
  4. Has cooked today
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Correct answer: B. Was cooking

1. Two past events: one was ongoing when the other happened. 2. Past Continuous describes the ongoing action. 3. Form: was/were + verb-ing. 4. So 'was cooking' fits. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Past Continuous_

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