Choose the correct sentence.
2019
Choose the correct sentence.
- A.
It is high time that you go to your parents.
- B.
It is high time that you went to your parents.
- C.
It is high time you have gone to your parents.
- D.
It is high time you had gone to your parents.
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Correct answer: B
Answer: It is high time that you went to your parents.
Rule: After "It is high time" use the past simple (a past-subjunctive form) to indicate that something should happen now or very soon.
Correct example: It is high time you went to your parents.
You can omit "that": It is high time you went to your parents.
Why other forms are wrong:
Using present simple ("It is high time that you go...") is incorrect because the structure requires a past-form to convey the subjunctive/urgency meaning.
Using present perfect ("... you have gone ...") wrongly implies the action is already completed, not that it should happen now.
Using past perfect ("... you had gone ...") suggests the action was completed before some past point and does not express the present urgency intended here.
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