Choose the sentences in which the tense is used correctly:
(A) By the time the results come out next month, we will have filled in all our college forms.
(B) Look! The children play cricket in the rain.
(C) I was having dinner when the lights went out.
(D) Vikram is usually going to the gym after college.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
(A) By the time the results come out next month, we will have filled in all our college forms. — Correct.
- The forms will be done before a point in the future.
- For this we use the future perfect: will have + past participle (V3).
(B) Look! The children play cricket in the rain. — Incorrect.
- “Look!” shows that the action is going on right now.
- An action going on now takes the present continuous: is / are + verb-ing.
- Correct form: Look! The children are playing cricket in the rain.
(C) I was having dinner when the lights went out. — Correct.
- A longer action was going on in the past (past continuous, “was having”).
- A short action broke into it (simple past, “went out”).
(D) Vikram is usually going to the gym after college. — Incorrect.
- “Usually” shows a habit.
- A habit takes the simple present, not the present continuous.
- Correct form: Vikram usually goes to the gym after college.