Match the blanks in List-I with the verb forms in List-II:
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List-I |
List-II |
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(A) She ____ with her dog every day. |
(I) played |
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(B) She ____ the violin at the concert beautifully. |
(II) had been playing |
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(C) She ____ badminton her whole life. |
(III) plays |
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(D) She ____ video games the whole of yesterday. |
(IV) has been playing |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| (A) She plays with her dog every day. | (III) plays | Simple present for a habit or routine. "Every day" shows a regular action. |
| (B) She played the violin at the concert beautifully. | (I) played | Simple past for a single finished action at a past event (the concert). |
| (C) She has been playing badminton her whole life. | (IV) has been playing | Present perfect continuous for an action that began in the past and is still going on. "Her whole life" runs up to now. |
| (D) She had been playing video games the whole of yesterday. | (II) had been playing | Past perfect continuous for an action that went on over a period of time in the past, before another past point. |
Note: Pair (D) fits only by elimination. With "the whole of yesterday" and no later past event, the natural form is "played" or "was playing". "Had been playing" needs a second past action to look back from, e.g. "She had been playing video games the whole of yesterday, so her eyes were tired by night."