Choose the sentences in which the verb form is correct:
(A) When we were small, Nanaji would take us to the river every Sunday evening.
(B) I wish I attended Riya’s farewell party last Friday, but I was down with fever.
(C) By the end of this month, Jaya will have completed her internship at the bank.
(D) Every morning, the old vendor is opening his tea stall at six.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) When we were small, Nanaji would take us to the river every Sunday evening. — Correct.
- “Would” + verb can show a past habit, an action that happened again and again in the past.
(B) I wish I attended Riya’s farewell party last Friday, but I was down with fever. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “I wish I attended” about last Friday.
- A wish about the past takes the past perfect: had + past participle (V3).
- Correct form: I wish I had attended Riya’s farewell party last Friday, but I was down with fever.
(C) By the end of this month, Jaya will have completed her internship at the bank. — Correct.
- The future perfect (will have + V3) shows an action that will be over before a future time.
- “By the end of this month” is that time.
(D) Every morning, the old vendor is opening his tea stall at six. — Incorrect.
- “Every morning” shows a habit.
- A habit takes the simple present, not the present continuous.
- Correct form: Every morning, the old vendor opens his tea stall at six.