Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the correct forms of the verb “sell” given in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Verb forms) |
|---|---|
| (A) Every summer, Ramu Kaka ________ sugarcane juice near the bus stand, and he goes back to his village when the rains begin. | (I) had sold |
| (B) Last May, he ________ more than three hundred glasses in a single day. | (II) sells |
| (C) He ________ juice at this same corner for twenty years now. | (III) has been selling |
| (D) By the time we reached his cart yesterday, he ________ his last glass of the day. | (IV) sold |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Every summer, Ramu Kaka sells sugarcane juice near the bus stand, and he goes back to his village when the rains begin. | (II) sells | Simple present. “Every summer” shows a habit, and “goes” shows the habit is true now. |
| (B) Last May, he sold more than three hundred glasses in a single day. | (IV) sold | Simple past. “Last May” is a finished past time. |
| (C) He has been selling juice at this same corner for twenty years now. | (III) has been selling | Present perfect continuous: has been + V-ing. “For twenty years now” shows an action that began in the past and still goes on. |
| (D) By the time we reached his cart yesterday, he had sold his last glass of the day. | (I) had sold | Past perfect: had + past participle (V3). “By the time we reached” shows the selling was over before another past action. |