Question

Read the following statement and find if the verb form used is correct. If not, correct it:
I must go now. It gets late.

• A. The verb form used is correct.
  
• B. The verb form used is not correct. The correct answer is: was getting
  
• C. The verb form used is not correct. The correct answer is: is getting
  
• D. The verb form used is not correct. The correct answer is: will be getting
  

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The verb form used is not correct. The correct answer is: is getting

The sentence in this case is wrong. If we look into the 1st sentence, we can understand that a mention has been made of something which is happening (late). Instead a verb is given in the second sentence (gets) which specifies something which happens or a simple present tense, we are supposed to use the present continuous (also called present progressive). It is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing action is happening now, either at the moment of speech or now in a larger sense. The present continuous can also be used to show that an action is going to take place in the near future.

So, since it is a present continuous tense, we would be using "is boiling"

"was" is past whereas "will be" is in the future.

Option C is correct.