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SSC CPO 2020 PYQ — Question 24

SSC CPO - 25 Nov 2020 - Shift 1 • English • Q24

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I ______ for forty minutes to see the doctor before my name was announced.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e had been waiting.

  • Here, past perfect continuous tense will be used. This tense indicates that an action started in the past and continued up to a point in the past ("for forty minutes" here).
  • The structure of past perfect continuous tense is as follows: 
    • Subject + had + been + V-ing + Object......
  • So, ‘had been waiting’ will be used in the blank.
  • The correct sentence would be: I had been waiting for forty minutes to see the doctor before my name was announced.