English Grammar and Usage

The first blank needs simple past 'left' (completed action in 2001). The second blank needs present perfect 'have been living' to show an action/state continuing from past to present. 'Since' with a past date typically triggers present perfect in the main clause.

With 'usually' indicating a habitual action, simple present 'wears' is correct. Subject 'she' is third-person singular, so 'wear' becomes 'wears'. 'Was wearing' suggests a specific past occasion, not habit.

Option (1) is incorrect: Past consideration is a valid consideration. Option (2) is correct: Promise can be made for the past consideration, present consideration and future consideration. Option (3) is incorrect: Consideration can be in the past, present and future. Option (4) is incorrect: Consideration can be in the past, present and future.

To examine people or things in a way that will show their differences, we use idiom 'contrasted with'.

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence is grammatically incorrect. The sentence violates the rule of parallelism. Here, the sentence is incorrect because it displays no consistency whatsoever; the verbs change from ‘with our president’ to ‘our vice-president’ and then back to ‘with our prime minister’. The correct sentence would be, ”During his visit, the American president will have meetings with our president, our vice-president and our prime minister”.

The simple present tense 'keeps' is used for habitual or repeated actions. The phrase 'these days' indicates a current ongoing habit, so 'keeps' (simple present) correctly shows this repeated action. 'Is keeping' would suggest a temporary current action, while 'keep' is grammatically incorrect with the singular subject 'Raman'.

The past continuous tense 'was reading' is required because it describes an action that was in progress when another past event occurred (wife came). Past continuous (was/were + verb-ing) shows simultaneous actions in the past. 'Read' is simple past, 'is reading' is present continuous, and 'has been reading' is present perfect continuous.

The present continuous tense 'is speaking' is correct because the phrase 'at this time' indicates the action is happening right now. Present continuous (am/is/are + verb-ing) describes current temporary actions. 'Speak' is simple present, 'spoke' is simple past, and 'spoken' is a past participle that cannot stand alone as the main verb.

The simple past tense 'bought' is correct because 'last month' indicates a completed action in the past. Simple past is used for finished actions with specific past time markers. 'Buy' is present tense, 'was buying' is past continuous (incomplete action), and 'is buying' is present continuous.

The simple future tense 'will be' is correct for predicting a certain future event. The conditional 'would be' is used for hypothetical situations, 'shall be' is formal first-person future, and 'be' is grammatically incorrect without an auxiliary verb.

The past perfect tense 'had gone' is correct because the action (children going for a picnic) happened before the past reporting verb 'said'. Past perfect (had + past participle) shows the earlier of two past events. 'Has gone' and 'have gone' are present perfect tenses.

The future continuous tense 'will be living' is correct because 'at this time of next month' indicates an action that will be in progress at a specific future time. Future continuous (will be + verb-ing) describes ongoing future actions. 'Live' is simple present, and 'will living' is grammatically incorrect.

The past perfect tense 'had won' is correct because the winning happened before the past reporting verb 'said'. Past perfect shows the earlier of two past actions. 'Won' is simple past, 'have won' is present perfect, and 'win' is present tense.

The simple future tense 'will stay' is correct for expressing a planned future action or intention. 'Will be stay' is grammatically incorrect, 'would stay' is conditional (not appropriate here), and 'shall stay' is more formal and typically first-person.

The future perfect tense 'will have finished' is correct because it describes an action that will be completed before a specific future time ('by the time you come back'). Future perfect (will have + past participle) shows actions completed before future reference points. 'Has finished' is present perfect and 'finished' is simple past.