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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 20

Topic: Sentence completion

Directions · Q16 to Q25

Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.

Q20

I hope the bus comes soon because

  1. (a) we waited for half an hour
  2. (b) we have been waiting for half an hourCorrect answer
  3. (c) we waiting for half an hour
  4. (d) we could have been waiting for half an hour

Solution.

Answer: (b) we have been waiting for half an hour

  1. The wait began half an hour ago and is continuing.
  2. The present perfect continuous “have been waiting” expresses that duration up to the present.