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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Make haste because ___________ raining heavily in torrents.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Make haste because ___________ raining heavily in torrents.
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Solution
The correct option is B it has started
The tense of a sentence denotes a time, whether it is the time now (present), time then (past) or the time to come (future). The verb of a sentence has most to do with the tense. In the given sentence, a verb form of the suitable tense is required, the speaker orders the listener to hurry up, which is why the phrase "make haste" is in the simple present tense, the reason for making haste is the rain, the action "started" has already begun, and has completed in the present, it just started raining (once it starts to rain, it can't continue to start to rain). This is in the present perfect tense of the form 'subject + has + past participle (verb + ed)', 'it has started' is of the same form, hence option C is correct. 'It had started' is in the past perfect tense that describes an action that began in the past and completed in the past, or was left unfinished due to another action, because the listener is to "make haste" in the present, it is in reaction to it raining in the present, and not the past, hence option A is incorrect. 'It starts' is in the simple present tense, and a sentence in the simple present tense refers to an action that takes place often, like a habit, 'it starts raining at any time of the day', the given sentence is not in the simple present tense, hence option B is incorrect. 'It start' is grammatically incorrect, as 'it' is in the third person point of view, which is followed by a verb that ends with an 's', 'she goes, he plays, it starts', whereas an s is not added to a verb that follows a first or second person point of view, 'I start, you start, i play, you play'. 'Start, starts' are both used in the simple present tense, whereas the required tense is the present perfect, hence option D is incorrect.
The tense of a sentence denotes a time, whether it is the time now (present), time then (past) or the time to come (future). The verb of a sentence has most to do with the tense. In the given sentence, a verb form of the suitable tense is required, the speaker orders the listener to hurry up, which is why the phrase "make haste" is in the simple present tense, the reason for making haste is the rain, the action "started" has already begun, and has completed in the present, it just started raining (once it starts to rain, it can't continue to start to rain). This is in the present perfect tense of the form 'subject + has + past participle (verb + ed)', 'it has started' is of the same form, hence option C is correct. 'It had started' is in the past perfect tense that describes an action that began in the past and completed in the past, or was left unfinished due to another action, because the listener is to "make haste" in the present, it is in reaction to it raining in the present, and not the past, hence option A is incorrect. 'It starts' is in the simple present tense, and a sentence in the simple present tense refers to an action that takes place often, like a habit, 'it starts raining at any time of the day', the given sentence is not in the simple present tense, hence option B is incorrect. 'It start' is grammatically incorrect, as 'it' is in the third person point of view, which is followed by a verb that ends with an 's', 'she goes, he plays, it starts', whereas an s is not added to a verb that follows a first or second person point of view, 'I start, you start, i play, you play'. 'Start, starts' are both used in the simple present tense, whereas the required tense is the present perfect, hence option D is incorrect.
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