Choose the correct (and most natural-sounding) response to complete the following sentence: My brother-in-law______ football in the same club as me.

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Is playing

Played

Play

Plays

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: The option ‘D’ is in the first form of the verb and also matches all the conditions written in the hint.Aside from this, ‘plays’ is the most natural-sounding response in this case.
The tense of a sentence defines a time, whether it is now (present) , then (past) , or in the future (future). The tense is most strongly associated with the verb of a phrase. We must type in a word that identifies the right tense in the supplied phrase. It is assumed that "my brother-in-law" is a member of the same football club as the speaker. This is an everyday pastime; the action of 'playing football' is not occurring now or in the past.
Option D is right since 'plays' is in the simple present tense and refers to a habit or a regular activity. 'Is playing' is in the present continuous tense, which does not seem very natural in the phrase because the speaker is talking about a daily activity, and the individual is not playing football as the speaker talks, thus option A is incorrect. Option B is inaccurate because 'played' is in the simple past tense and does not belong in the phrase; it would sound more natural if 'used to' was added to it, referring to a previous habit.'Play' is in the simple present tense, but it's in the first person, as in 'I play football,' but 'plays' is in the third person, as in 'brother-in-law,' thus option C is wrong.
Hence, option 4 is correct.

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