Question

Choose the best option from the options given below to complete the sentence:
Don't take that newspaper away. ______ it.

• A. I read
• B. I'm going to read
• C. I've not read
• D. Reading

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B I'm going to read
C I've not read

The present perfect tense is used here to denote the events that have not occurred up to now. The format for present perfect tense in negative - subject + has/have + not + past participle + object.

The given sentence has two answers. It can be completed by using present perfect tense thus option C.

It can also be completed by using future tense whose formula is subject + be going to + base form of the verb.

Hence, options B and C are the correct answers.