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Which sentence uses the correct tense and agreement?
The correct sentence is 'Ravi has been working for Tata Motors since 2019 and still works there.' The present perfect continuous with 'since' suits an action that began in the past and continues. The other options have wrong agreement, since 'news' and 'Mathematics' are singular, or wrong conditional forms.
- AMathematics are the subject which Riya have studied since 2020.
- BIf the company would have approved the loan, we expanded the plant.
- CRavi has been working for Tata Motors since 2019 and still works there.Correct
- DThe news about the mergers were announced yesterday.
Explanation
'Has been working ... since 2019' is the correct present perfect continuous with 'since' for an action continuing to now. Option A has 'Mathematics' (singular) with 'are' and 'Riya have'. Option B misuses 'would have' in the if-clause and has a wrong main-clause tense. Option D treats 'news', which is singular, as plural.
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