Question

You are Bhuvi of A.B.C. Public School, Ambala. Your friend Aastha is absent when the instructions for tomorrow's picnic to Chandigarh are being given. Using the information given in the box, complete the message:

• reach school at 7:30 a.m.
• bring your lunch and water bottle
• expected to be back by 6 p.m.
• come in school uniform

Fill in blank 22 with a suitable option:

• A. you have to reach school in uniform at 7:30 a.m.
• B. we had to reach school at 7:30 a.m.
• C. you will be reaching school at 7:30 a.m.
• D. you will reaching school in uniform at 7:30 a.m.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

This is an informal message written by Bhuvi to her friend, Aastha. In blank no. 22, the instruction, "Reach school in uniform at 7:30 a.m." has to be conveyed. The auxiliary, 'have' is used along with 'to+verb' in the present tense to indicate an obligation or a rule. Hence, the correct sentence is: 'You have to reach school in uniform at 7:30 a.m.' This is given in option A, which is the correct answer.

Option B: 'We had to reach school at 7:30 a.m' is in past perfect tense. This tense talks about an event which has already happened. It does not clearly communicate the given rule, which is in the present tense. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Options C and D: 'You will be reaching school' is in the future continuous tense. This does not clearly communicate the rule given in the present tense. Hence, options C and D are incorrect.