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The sentence requires a verb in future tense since it describes an action the manager will perform. 'Will talk' (simple future) is the correct choice to indicate a future action. Option B 'will be talking' suggests an ongoing action rather than a single event.

Since 'will' has been used, the verb succeeding it will in simple present tense. Hence, 'take' is the correct answer.

'Usually' is an adverb of frequency and is followed by a verb in the present tense form. Hence, 'plays' is the correct answer.

The phrase 'since morning' indicates an action that began in the past and continues to the present. Present perfect continuous 'has been digging' correctly shows this ongoing duration. Simple past or present tenses don't capture the continuation aspect.

'He' is a third person singular. Hence, 'has' is used with the third person singular.

The time marker 'three years ago' indicates a completed past action, requiring simple past tense. 'Bought' is the past tense of 'buy'. Option A is present tense, B is past continuous, and D uses 'brought' (past of 'bring') instead of 'bought'.

'Will have finished' fits best in the given sentence.

'Last Monday' is a specific past time reference, requiring simple past tense. 'Stayed' correctly describes the completed action. Present tense 'stay' and present continuous 'is staying' don't match the past timeframe.

The sentence uses past perfect 'had broken' for the first action, so the second action must be in simple past to show sequence. 'Brought' is correct as it happened after the lock-breaking. The past perfect establishes that Mohan broke the lock before I arrived with the key.

'Since last week' indicates an action beginning in the past and continuing to now. Present perfect continuous 'has been trying' captures this ongoing effort. Past perfect 'had been trying' would require a reference point in the past.

When two actions happen in the past in succession, the first action takes up past perfect form of the verb while the second takes up simple past form of the verb.

To 'examine' means to inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition. 

The sentence discusses tribes and their relationship to a harsh wilderness environment. Option B 'indigenous' is correct because it means native or inherent to a particular place or region - tribes that are originally from and belong to that wilderness. The other options are incorrect: indigent means poor, indicative means serving as a sign, and indolent means lazy.

The sentence requires a verb in the past tense.

The sentence requires a verb in the past tense.