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Choose the option that best completes the sentence. It is high time the Federal Government ___ the value of the naira.

AstabilisedCORRECT
Bstabilise
Chas stabilised
Dstabilises
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
'It is high time' is followed by the past subjunctive, which uses the simple past form even though the meaning is present or future. 'Stabilised' is therefore correct. The present tense form is the usual error because the sentence begins in the present.
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