Standard English ConventionsHardVerb tense with 'since' and a continuing action
Standard English Conventions practice question
The bell ____ every evening at six since the tower was rebuilt in 1920.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. has rungCorrect
- B. rings
- C. rang
- D. is ringing
Answer: A. has rung
A repeated action continuing from a past point to now takes the present perfect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. rings
- 'Rings … since 1920' is not standard.
- C. rang
- 'Rang' is simple past and doesn't reach the present.
- D. is ringing
- 'Is ringing … since' is not standard.
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