Question

Use the given verb in its appropriate form as per the situation of the sentence:
You are talking to Ann:
Ann, I ____________ (go) to town. ______________ (you/come) with me?
A) Will go; Will you come
B) Have gone; Will you come
C) Was going; Are going
D) Am going; Are you coming

Answer 1

Hint: Verb basically comes in three tenses: Past tense, present tense and future tense. These tenses take four main aspects such as simple, perfect, continuous and perfect continuous tense. For example: later, tomorrow, next week, last week, next year etc.

Complete answer:
This sentence given in the question is in the perfect continuous tense. Perfect continuous tense is also known as present progressive tense, it is the combination of the present tense and the continuous aspect or something that will happen in the near future. For example, I am singing at the church today; she is swimming; Ram is eating mangoes.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Will go; Will you come – When we have to make a spontaneous decision in that case we use ‘will go’. For example, I will go to the party. ‘Will you come’ is the correct answer in the second blank as the speaker is asking Ann, is willing to come with him or not. However, for the correct sentence, we have to put the correct options in the blank. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Have gone; Will you come – Have is present perfect tense and gone is past perfect tense. As per the sentence, it is important to fill the blank with present continuous tense and ‘have gone’ is not present continuous tense, so we cannot use this option in the first blank. Will you come is the correct answer in the second blank but to have the correct sentence, it is required to have correct options in both the blanks. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Was going; Are going – ‘Was going’ represents the past continuous tense. Past continuous tense refers to the continuing action that was happening at the same point in time. For example: playing, hunting etc. ‘Are going’ is a future tense. To make the sentence complete we have to fill the blank with the correct options, however, the first blank cannot take the option ‘was going’. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Am going; Are you coming – ‘Am going’ is the future tense and are you coming is simple future tense and thus, the given sentence is the present continuous tense and this option fits grammatically correct in the blanks. This sentence represents the action which is going to happen in the near future. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’ i.e, Ann, I am going (go) to town. Are you coming (you/come) with me?

Note: Present continuous tense comprises two main parts: The present tense of the verb ‘to be’ + the present participle of the main verb.
1) Affirmative sentence – Subject + to be + base + Ing
For example: She is dancing.
2) Negative sentence – Subject + to be not + base + Ing
For example: She is not dancing.