Odd One Out Tense Selection
CMAT 2025 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Grammar
Choose the odd one out.
A. He had been working on this project for seven years. B. Shankar had been playing in the field for seven hours. C. Shabari had been waiting for Rama's arrival for many years. D. We all have been residing in this society since 1997.
- A.
He had been working on this project for seven years.
- B.
Shankar had been playing in the field for seven hours.
- C.
Shabari had been waiting for Rama's arrival for many years.
- D.
We all have been residing in this society since 1997.
D
Explanation
Options A, B, and C use the past perfect continuous tense ('had been'), whereas D uses the present perfect continuous tense ('have been'). Therefore, D is the odd one out.
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