Question

Complete the dialogue by selecting the right option-
Jaya: _____ (you’re/you have arrived) early today!
Rekha: Yes, I ______ (got/boarded) a bus early today.
a- You’re; got
b- You’re; boarded
c- You have arrived; got
d- You have arrived; boarded

Answer 1

Hint: We use the present tense to indicate actions that take place in the present or at the time of speaking, whereas the past tense is used to indicate actions that began and ended in the past itself.

Complete answer:
 As given in the hint, both the tenses are used in different time frames.
In the given question-
1) In the first blank, we can use both present simple tense and present perfect tense to indicate an action that took place at an uncertain time before now.
2) In the second blank, we will use the simple past tense to indicate an action that happened in the past.
Hence, the correct answer is- Jaya: You’re/you have arrived early today! Rekha: Yes, I got/boarded a bus early today.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘You’re/got’ is the correct option because we use the present tense ‘you’re’ to indicate an action that took place sometime in the present, whereas the past tense ‘got’ indicates an action that took place in the past.
Option b- ‘You’re/boarded’ is an incorrect option because it portrays a different tone that does not line up with the context of the situation.
Option c- ‘You have arrived/got’ is an incorrect option because it denotes an irregular tone that does not situate with the given context.
Option d- ‘You have arrived/ boarded’ is the correct option because we use the present perfect tense ‘you have arrived’ to indicate an action that took place at an unknown time in the present, whereas the past tense ‘boarded’ indicates an action that took place in the past.
The correct answers are Option ‘a’ and ‘d’.


Note:
The structure of present perfect tense is- Subject + has/have + 3rd form of the verb + object, whereas the structure of past tense is- Subject + base form of the verb + ed/d.