Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the correct verb forms from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Verb forms) |
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(A) It _____ since early morning. |
(I) rains |
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(B) Last week it ____ cats and dogs. |
(II) has been raining |
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(C) In north India it usually ____ during the months of July and August. |
(III) had been raining |
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(D) It ____ for two hours when suddenly the rainbow was spotted. |
(IV) rained |
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)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) It has been raining since early morning. | (II) has been raining | The present perfect continuous is used for an action that began in the past and is still going on. "Since early morning" marks its start. |
| (B) Last week it rained cats and dogs. | (IV) rained | "Last week" is a finished past time, so the simple past is used. (To rain cats and dogs is to rain very heavily.) |
| (C) In north India it usually rains during the months of July and August. | (I) rains | "Usually" shows a regular, repeated event, which takes the simple present. |
| (D) It had been raining for two hours when suddenly the rainbow was spotted. | (III) had been raining | The past perfect continuous shows an action that went on for some time before another past event (the rainbow was spotted). |