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Pick the correct form: I ____ the book yesterday.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: We ____ in this house since 2010.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: By next year she ____ her degree.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: He ____ to the gym every Sunday.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She ____ for two hours when I called.Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Pick the correct form: I ____ the book yesterday.

  1. Reads always present
  2. Read present form is the only choice
  3. Read
  4. Am reading right now form
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Correct answer: C. Read

1. 'Yesterday' signals Simple Past. 2. The past form of 'read' is also spelled 'read' (pronounced 'red'). 3. So 'I read the book yesterday' is correct. 4. Hence option A is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Simple Past_

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Pick the correct form: We ____ in this house since 2010.

  1. Will live in future
  2. Live only present
  3. Are living right now
  4. Have lived
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Correct answer: D. Have lived

1. 'Since 2010' marks a duration from past to now. 2. That is Present Perfect tense. 3. Plural subject takes 'have' + past participle. 4. Hence 'have lived' is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Present Perfect_

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Pick the correct form: By next year she ____ her degree.

  1. Will have completed
  2. Will complete only future
  3. Completes only present
  4. Completed only past
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Correct answer: A. Will have completed

1. 'By next year' = before a future moment. 2. That requires Future Perfect tense. 3. Form: will have + past participle. 4. So 'will have completed' is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Future Perfect_

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