Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the correct forms of the verb “bake” given in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Verb forms) |
|---|---|
| (A) Mausi still ________ nankhatai every Diwali for all the families in our street. | (I) had been baking |
| (B) Don’t open the oven door now! Mausi ________ a sponge cake for Tara’s birthday. | (II) bakes |
| (C) Mausi ________ her very first cake in a pressure cooker in 1998. | (III) baked |
| (D) Mausi ________ since dawn when the gas cylinder suddenly ran out. | (IV) is baking |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Mausi still bakes nankhatai every Diwali for all the families in our street. | (II) bakes | Simple present. “Still” and “every Diwali” show a habit that goes on now. |
| (B) Don’t open the oven door now! Mausi is baking a sponge cake for Tara’s birthday. | (IV) is baking | Present continuous: is + V-ing. “Now” shows an action going on at this moment. |
| (C) Mausi baked her very first cake in a pressure cooker in 1998. | (III) baked | Simple past. “In 1998” is a finished past time. |
| (D) Mausi had been baking since dawn when the gas cylinder suddenly ran out. | (I) had been baking | Past perfect continuous: had been + V-ing. “Since dawn” shows an action that went on until another past action, “ran out”. |