Complete the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate verb forms given in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Verb forms) |
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(A) He promised ____ me a post in his department. |
(I) have given |
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(B) I ____ my best years to the service of the nation. |
(II) gave |
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(C) His services were terminated as he ____ trouble to the authorities. |
(III) to give |
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(D) Atul always ____ his hundred percent to the task at hand. |
(IV) had been giving |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) He promised to give me a post in his department. | (III) to give | The verb promise is followed by the to-infinitive: promise to do something. |
| (B) I have given my best years to the service of the nation. | (I) have given | The present perfect (have + past participle) shows a past action whose result continues now: the years of service are part of my life up to the present. |
| (C) His services were terminated as he had been giving trouble to the authorities. | (IV) had been giving | The past perfect continuous (had been + -ing) shows an action that went on for some time before another past event: he kept giving trouble, and then he was dismissed. |
| (D) Atul always gave his hundred percent to the task at hand. | (II) gave | The simple past with "always" describes a regular habit in the past. |