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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.


 


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Easy one, we are taking about period of time. Only option E has 'for'
All four options have 'since'. So, we can ELIMINATE all four in this basis only.

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The correct answer is (C).

The sentence is in the past perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past. In this case, the artist's contemplation of his masterpiece happened before the art exhibition. The other options are incorrect because they use the present perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

Here is a breakdown of the tenses used in each option:

Option A: "contemplated about" is in the simple past tense. This is incorrect because the action of contemplating happened before the art exhibition, which is in the past perfect tense.
Option B: "has been contemplating" is in the present perfect tense. This is incorrect because the action of contemplating happened before the art exhibition, which is in the past perfect tense.
Option D: "had contemplated" is in the past perfect tense. This is correct because the action of contemplating happened before the art exhibition, which is also in the past perfect tense.
Option E: "had been contemplating" is also in the past perfect tense. This is also correct, but it is a more formal way of saying the same thing.
Therefore, the correct answer is (C).
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D is the right answer.

had been contemplating is correct.
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A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - "since the last six months" is wrong; it should be "for the last six months"

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - "since the last six months" is wrong; it should be "for the last six months"

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - "since the last six months" is wrong; it should be "for the last six months"

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - wrong tense; "he has been" is wrong, it should be "he had been"

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - CORRECT
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - Incorrect - past tense in "contemplated" is not suitable
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - Correct
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - Incorrect - the past tense "had contemplated" is not suitable
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - Incorrect - the past tense "had been contemplating" is not suitable
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. - Incorrect - the past tense "had been contemplating" is not suitable
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A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: Improper use of the word "about". It could be omitted from the sentence and have the same impact. The word "since" should be replaced with the word "for" to describe the given time period.

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: The words "has been contemplating" is present perfect tense, while "he had been working" is past perfect tense.

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: Repetitive use of past perfect tense with the words "had contemplated" and "he had been working".

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: The words "had been contemplating" are in past perfect tense, while the words "he has been working" are present perfect.

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
-Suspected to be correct.
Rationale: Each part of the sentence matches in past continuous perfect tense.
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.


 


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A. Correct.
B. has been... had been... wrong.
C. had contemplated.... had been working... there should be another verb in the sentence uses simple past tense to indicated it happened before.
D. Same as C.
E. Same as E.
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"since last 6 months" requires the usage of "has been". Only option D does this.

Answer Option D.
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Artist is still working on the masterpiece. Correct form "has been working"
Eliminate A,B,C,E.
Correct D.
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Incorrect. The phrase 'since the last six months' suggests that the artist is still working on the task that he started in the past, the action of contemplating is still in progress and so use of past tense 'contemplated' is incorrect.

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Correct. The phrase 'since the last six months' suggests that the artist is still working on the task that he started in the past. So use of 'has been contemplating' is correct. Also the use of 'which he had been working' is correct as it suggests that the artist started working 6 months ago an action that precedes the action of contemplating which he do daily.

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Incorrect. The phrase 'since the last six months' suggests that the artist is still working on the task that he started in the past and so 'has' should be used . Also, use of 'had contemplated' is incorrect as the passage does not suggest any action occuring after this contemplation.

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Incorrect. 'had been' is incorrect usage for reasons stated above. 'Has been' should have been used.

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Incorrect. 'had been' is incorrect usage for reasons stated above. 'Has been' should have been used.
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Let's evaluate the answer choices:

A: "contemplated about his latest masterpiece ... "
The usage of the preposition "about" is incorrect.
I think, We 'contemplate' something, not 'contemplate about' something.
Also, the phrase "since the last six months" is incorrect.
(eliminate)

B: "has been contemplating his latest masterpiece ... "
This use of present perfect continuous tense is incorrect.
The actions in the sentence occurred in the past, past perfect continuous is more appropriate.
Additionally, "since the last six months" is incorrect, as in option A.
(eliminate)

C: "had contemplated his latest masterpiece ... "
This use of past perfect tense suggests that the artist stopped contemplating his masterpiece, which contradicts the ongoing nature of his contemplation indicated by "hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition." Also, "since the last six months" is incorrect.
(eliminate)

D: "had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months ... "
While the first part of the sentence is correct, "he has been working on since the last six months" is incorrect. It's inconsistent to use present perfect continuous tense ("has been working") to refer to a past action in a sentence that uses past perfect continuous tense ("had been contemplating").
Also, "since the last six months" is incorrect.

E: "had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months ... "
This choice correctly uses past perfect continuous tense to express the ongoing nature of the artist's actions in the past.
It also correctly uses "for the last six months".

I will go with E.
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B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

the correct usage is , has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition because he is working on it for some time and he is yet to complete it
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Sentence: Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

Meaning and Analysis:
Ok first of all
had been + -ing verb => used to denote that certain action started in the past before some event and then completed at some point later in the past itself
has been + -ing verb => used to denote that certain action started in the recent past and is still continuing till this point of time
so now we look at the meaning of the sentence it says that

amidst the constant turbulence in the daily life
artist in the past stated the action of contemplating and completed it some time later in the past why I am saying completed is because before thinking it completely know one will start making the art. so that's why had been should be use to show that. also now artist is still working on it so we need to use the has been to show that he started the action of working in the recent past and he is still working on it.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition => had been used in place of has been to show the action which is still continuing in the present so not the ans.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. => same as above
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.=> same as above
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.=> this is our ans according to analysis.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition. => same issue as A

so our ans is D
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A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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contemplated doesnot go with about. "contemplate his latest masterpiece" is correct. A out
the action "working on" occurs before the action "contemplate" => D out: working on is present perfect while contemplate is past perfect
since the last six months vs for the last six months: since + point in time in the past, for + a period, since doesnot go with a period => since the last six months is incorrect, for the last six month is correct. => only E use "for", the other four use "since" thus incorrect.

I choose E but I personally think tense in B is better. if B change since to for then I definitely pick B. with the current because "since" is clear error and tense somehow ok because the phrase "for the last six months" already clearly implies the sequence of events - the working on occurs before the contemplate.

answer: E
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life,
the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece,
which he had been working on since the last six months,
hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

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A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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Concise and correct in meaning.

Quote:
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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Usage of has been comtemplating is incorrect with had been working.
Option A is more concise and correct in meaning.

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C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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Usage of had been comtemplating is incorrect with had been working.
Option A is more concise and correct in meaning.

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D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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Usage of had been comtemplating is incorrect with has been working.
Option A is more concise and correct in meaning.

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E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
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Usage of had been comtemplating is incorrect with had been working.
Option A is more concise and correct in meaning.

IMO A
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

"Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life" is a prepositional phrase that sets the context
"hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition" is a participial phrase that acts as a modifier, and it modifies the main clause "The artist has/had been contemplating his latest masterpiece." It expresses the purpose or intention behind the artist's contemplation.
since the last six months vs for the last six months - though since is mostly used to indicate a starting point till now, here the phrase - "since the last six months" indicates duration akin to the phrase "for the last six months" does.
A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
incorrect - usage of preposition 'about' after contemplated is incorrect.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
correct - This sentence is correct and well-structured. The artist has completed the work on his latest masterpiece in the last six months. However, he has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition -gives the intended meaning.
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
incorrect - the past perfect tense for "contemplate" is incorrect.
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
incorrect - Option D mixes the past perfect tense "had been contemplating" with the present perfect progressive tense "has been working on", which creates a tense inconsistency.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
incorrect - It uses the past perfect progressive tense "had been contemplating" which implies he is no more contemplating to perfect his masterpiece.
Answer B
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A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
the act of contemplating is present tense thus having it in PAst is incorrect

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Usage of Since is incorrect

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
Usage of Since is incorrect

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
again usage of Since is incorrect.

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
correct choice, this sentence specifies that everything happened in the past with the act of contemplatinf and working for last 6 monhts in past perfect.
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Option A contains a redundancy with "contemplated about," just contemplated is enough

Option B uses the present perfect continuous tense ("has been contemplating") inappropriately when referring to a specific time in the past.

Option C uses past perfect tense ("had contemplated") instead of past perfect continuous, which is not suitable for an ongoing action over a period of time.

Option D also has a tense inconsistency with "he has been working on" using present perfect tense alongside "had been contemplating" in past perfect continuous tense.

Option E is the correct choice as it maintains the proper past perfect continuous tense throughout the sentence and accurately reflects the artist's actions in the past.
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Amidst his daily life, artist is hoping to perfect it. daily life is setting a context here of current and happening. So, artist is contemplating and hoping. contemplating can only start after he has started working or while he is working on a master piece. hence, the option that conveys this sequence of tense is the better answer choice.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

Answer: B
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Amidst the constant turbulence of daily life, the artist contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.

Explanation:
The original underlined sentence incorrectly uses 'since' here. It should have been 'for' the last six months. Since is used to mention a very specific timeline. For e.g. Since 1912, since last monday or since 8 o' clock etc. Also the use of simple past for 'contemplated about his masterpiece' is incorrect. It should have been past perfect progressive tense.

A. contemplated about his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
As explained above, WRONG

B. has been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
As explained above, WRONG

C. had contemplated his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
As explained above, use of 'since' is incorrect. WRONG

D. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he has been working on since the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
As explained above, use of 'since' is incorrect. WRONG

E. had been contemplating his latest masterpiece, which he had been working on for the last six months, hoping to perfect it before the art exhibition.
This choice correctly implements the past perfect progressive tense and uses 'for' to denote the time duration. CORRECT
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