Tense Mastery
Tense Mastery
Welcome to Tense Mastery, your ultimate step-by-step guide to understanding, practicing, and
mastering all 12 English tenses with clarity and confidence.
If you're a Hindi-speaking learner struggling with when to use past, present, or future tenses…
or confused by the difference between "He is eating" and "He has eaten", this book is made just
for you.
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📘 Title: Tense Mastery for Hindi Speakers – आसान भाषा में इंग्लिश टेन्स सीखें
📑 Book Structure:
   1. Introduction to Tenses (टे न्स क्या होता है ?)
○ Definition in Hindi
○ 20 Practice Sets
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✨ टेन्स का परिचय (Introduction to Tense)
Tense का अर्थ है – किसी क्रिया (Verb) का समय और उसका प्रकार। यानी किसी काम के होने का समय और
स्थिति बताना।
 Past Tense                      भत
                                  ू काल
 Perfect
                              चल रहा है (Progressive)
                              परू ा हो चक
                                        ु ा है
 Perfect                      कब से चल रहा है
 Continuous
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 Present Perfect               I have been playing cricket.
 Continuous
👉 जैसे:
   ● मैं स्कूल जाता हूँ।
● वह क्रिकेट खेलता है ।
● वे फल खाते हैं।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
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🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure (Positive):
    Subject + V1 (base form) + Object
अगर Subject "He, She, It, या कोई एक नाम" हो, तो Verb में s/es लगता है ।
Examples:
वह दध
    ू पीती है ।        She drinks milk.
Examples:
वह दध
    ू नहीं पीती है ।         She does not drink milk.
Examples:
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       हिंदी वाक्य              अंग्रेज़ी वाक्य
क्या तम
      ु स्कूल जाते हो?      Do you go to school?
क्या वह दध
         ू पीती है ?        Does she drink milk?
Examples:
क्या तम
      ु स्कूल नहीं जाते हो?     Do you not go to
                                school?
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Present Continuous Tense (वर्तमान जारी
काल)
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैं पढ़ रहा हूँ।
● वह गाना गा रही है ।
Spoken
🧠      English School
       Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object
● I → am
● He/She/It/Name → is
● We/You/They → are
Examples:
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 वह गाना गा रही है ।            She is singing a song.
Examples:
वे क्रिकेट नहीं खेल रहे हैं। They are not playing cricket.
Spoken
🔸                        English
  Interrogative Sentences (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य)
                                                                    School
👉
Structure:
    Is/Am/Are + Subject + V1 + ing + Object?
Examples:
Examples:
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             हिंदी वाक्य                      अंग्रेज़ी वाक्य
क्या वे क्रिकेट नहीं खेल रहे हैं? Are they not playing cricket?
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैंने खाना खा लिया है ।
    ● वह स्कूल जा चक
                    ु ी है ।
    ● हम दिल्ली आ चक
                    ु े हैं।
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🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + has/have + V3 (past participle) + Object
● He/She/It/Name → has
● I/We/You/They → have
Examples:
 वे फिल्म दे ख चक
                ु े हैं।
                                She has gone to school.
Examples:
 वे फिल्म नहीं दे ख चक
                     ु े हैं।      They have not watched the
                                   movie.
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🔸 Interrogative Sentences (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Has/Have + Subject + V3 + Object?
Examples:
क्या वह स्कूल जा चक
                  ु ी है ?           Has she gone to school?
क्या वे फिल्म दे ख चक
                    ु े हैं?         Have they watched the
                                     movie?
क्या आपने खाना नहीं खाया है ? Have you not eaten food?
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 Interrogative               Has/Have + Subject + not + V3 +   has/have     V3
 Negative                    Object?
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैं सब
            ु ह से पढ़ रहा हूँ।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + has/have been + V1 + ing + Object + since/for + time
Use:
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⏳ Since का प्रयोग निश्चित समय (2 बजे, सोमवार, 2010) के लिए होता है।
⏳ For का प्रयोग अवधि (2 घंटे, 5 दिन, 3 साल) के लिए होता है।
Examples:
 मैं सब
      ु ह से पढ़ रहा हूँ।         I have been reading since morning.
Examples:
वह दो घंटे से गा नहीं रही है । She has not been singing for two hours.
 वे रात से काम नहीं कर रहे हैं।       They have not been working since
                                      night.
Examples:
 क्या मैं सब
           ु ह से पढ़ रहा हूँ?        Have I been reading since morning?
क्या वह दो घंटे से गा रही है ? Has she been singing for two hours?
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 क्या वे रात से काम कर रहे हैं?        Have they been working since
                                       night?
Examples:
 क्या मैं सब
           ु ह से नहीं पढ़ रहा हूँ?      Have I not been reading since
                                         morning?
 क्या वह दो घंटे से गा नहीं रही है ?     Has she not been singing for two
                                         hours?
📊
Spoken English School
  Summary Table: Present Perfect Continuous Tense
         Type                                 Structure                     Helping Verb    Verb
                                                                                            Form
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Past Indefinite Tense (भत
                        ू काल सामान्य काल)
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैंने खाना खाया।
● वह स्कूल गई।
● वे क्रिकेट खेले।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
Spoken
🔸      English School
    Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + V2 (past form of verb) + Object
Note: इसमें did या कोई helping verb नहीं लगती — केवल verb का past form (V2) प्रयोग होता है ।
Examples:
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👉
Structure:
    Subject + did not + V1 + Object
Note: यहाँ did not के साथ हमेशा V1 (verb का base form) ही प्रयोग होता है ।
Examples:
 क्या तम
       ु ने खाना खाया?         Did you eat food?
Examples:
 क्या तम
       ु ने खाना नहीं खाया?      Did you not eat food?
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 क्या वह स्कूल नहीं गई?       Did she not go to
                              school?
Spoken        English
Past Continuous Tense (भत   School
                        ू काल जारी काल)
👉 जैसे:
   ● मैं पढ़ रहा था।
● वह गा रही थी।
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🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + Object
● I/He/She/It/Name → was
● We/You/They → were
Examples:
Examples:
बच्चे खेल नहीं रहे थे। The children were not playing.
Examples:
Examples:
क्या बच्चे खेल नहीं रहे थे? Were the children not playing?
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Past Perfect Tense (भत
                     ू काल पर्ण
                            ू काल)
👉 जब दो घटनाएँ भतू काल में हुई हों, तो जो पहले परू ी हुई हो, वह Past Perfect में आती है।
👉 जैसे:
    ● जब मैं स्कूल पहुँचा, बस निकल चक
                                     ु ी थी।
Spoken
🧠 Structure (संरचना):English School
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
👉
Structure:
    Subject + had + V3 + Object
Examples:
 वह स्कूल पहुँच चक
                 ु ी थी।                She had reached the school.
Examples:
वह स्कूल नहीं पहुँची थी। She had not reached the school.
उन्होंने फिल्म नहीं दे खी थी। They had not watched the movie.
Examples:
Examples:
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 क्या वह स्कूल नहीं पहुँची थी?                  Had she not reached the school?
👉 जैसे:
   ● मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था।
   ● वह सब
          ु ह से गा रही थी।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
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👉
Structure:
    Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object + since/for + time
Examples:
मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था। I had been reading for two hours.
 वह सब
     ु ह से गा रही थी।                    She had been singing since morning.
 वे कई दिनों से इंतज़ार कर रहे थे।        They had been waiting for many
                                          days.
🔹
Spoken English
  Negative Sentences (नकारात्मक वाक्य)
                                                                                 School
👉
Structure:
    Subject + had not been + V1 + ing + Object + since/for + time
Examples:
मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ नहीं रहा था। I had not been reading for two hours.
 वह सब
     ु ह से गा नहीं रही थी।                   She had not been singing since morning.
 वे कई दिनों से इंतज़ार नहीं कर रहे थे।       They had not been waiting for many
                                              days.
Examples:
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                 हिंदी वाक्य                              अंग्रेज़ी वाक्य
क्या मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा था? Had I been reading for two hours?
 क्या वह सब
          ु ह से गा रही थी?                 Had she been singing since morning?
 क्या वे कई दिनों से इंतज़ार कर रहे थे?     Had they been waiting for many
                                            days?
Examples:
क्या मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ नहीं रहा था? Had I not been reading for two hours?
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Future Indefinite Tense (भविष्य काल सामान्य)
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैं कल स्कूल जाऊँगा।
● वे शाम को आएँगे।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
Spoken
🔸                        English
  Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)                               School
👉
Structure:
    Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object
📌 “Shall” का प्रयोग आमतौर पर "I" और "We" के साथ किया जाता है, लेकिन आजकल सभी subjects के
लिए “Will” का प्रयोग होता है ।
Examples:
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👉
Structure:
    Subject + will/shall not + V1 + Object
Examples:
Examples:
Examples:
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📊 Summary Table: Future Indefinite Tense
          Type                            Structure                    Helping Verb     Verb Form
Spoken
🔹      English School
     परिचय (Introduction in Hindi):
Future Continuous Tense का प्रयोग किसी कार्य के बारे में बताने के लिए किया जाता है जो भविष्य में किसी
निश्चित समय पर चल रहा होगा।
👉 जैसे:
   ● मैं शाम को पढ़ रहा होऊँगा।
   ● वे सब
          ु ह नौ बजे काम कर रहे होंगे।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
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👉
Structure:
    Subject + will/shall be + V1 + ing + Object
Examples:
 वे सब
     ु ह 9 बजे काम कर रहे होंगे।        They will be working at 9 a.m.
Examples:
 वे सब
     ु ह 9 बजे काम नहीं कर रहे होंगे।       They will not be working at 9 a.m.
Examples:
क्या मैं शाम को पढ़ रहा होऊँगा? Will I be studying in the evening?
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 क्या वे सब
          ु ह 9 बजे काम कर रहे होंगे?      Will they be working at 9 a.m.?
Examples:
क्या मैं शाम को पढ़ नहीं रहा होऊँगा? Will I not be studying in the evening?
👉 जैसे:
    ● मैं रात तक अपना काम परू ा कर चक
                                     ु ा होऊँगा।
    ● वे परीक्षा दे चक
                      ु े होंगे।
    ● वह 10 बजे तक घर पहुँच चक
                              ु ी होगी।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
Spoken
👉
       English
Structure:    School
    Subject + will/shall have + V3 + Object
Examples:
 वह 10 बजे तक घर पहुँच चक
                        ु ी होगी।          She will have reached home by 10 o’clock.
 वे परीक्षा दे चक
                ु े होंगे।                 They will have taken the exam.
Examples:
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                      हिंदी वाक्य                                     अंग्रेज़ी वाक्य
 वे परीक्षा नहीं दे चक
                     ु े होंगे।                     They will not have taken the exam.
Examples:
 क्या वह घर पहुँच चक
                   ु ी होगी?                        Will she have reached home?
Examples:
Spoken
🔹      English School
     परिचय (Introduction in Hindi):
Future Perfect Continuous Tense का प्रयोग उन कार्यों के लिए किया जाता है जो भविष्य में किसी
निश्चित समय तक काफी समय से चल रहे होंगे।
👉 जैसे:
   ● मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा होऊँगा।
   ● वह सब
          ु ह से गा रही होगी।
🧠 Structure (संरचना):
🔸 Affirmative Sentences (सकारात्मक वाक्य)
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👉
Structure:
    Subject + will/shall have been + V1 + ing + Object + since/for + time
Examples:
मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा होऊँगा। I will have been studying for two hours.
 वह सब
     ु ह से गा रही होगी।                  She will have been singing since morning.
वे कई महीनों से काम कर रहे होंगे। They will have been working for several months.
Examples:
 वह सब
     ु ह से गा नहीं रही होगी।                 She will not have been singing since morning.
वे कई महीनों से काम नहीं कर रहे होंगे। They will not have been working for several months.
Examples:
क्या मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ रहा होऊँगा? Will I have been studying for two hours?
 क्या वह सब
          ु ह से गा रही होगी?                 Will she have been singing since morning?
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 क्या वे कई महीनों से काम कर रहे होंगे?      Will they have been working for several months?
Examples:
क्या मैं दो घंटे से पढ़ नहीं रहा होऊँगा? Will I not have been studying for two hours?
 क्या वह सब
          ु ह से गा नहीं रही होगी?          Will she not have been singing since
                                            morning?
 Affirmative
                                            Structure
                                                                                                V1 + ing
                           since/for + time
 Negative                  Subject + will not have been + V1 + ing +           will not have    V1 + ing
                           since/for + time                                    been
 Interrogative             Will + Subject + have been + V1 + ing +             will have been   V1 + ing
                           since/for + time?
 Interrogative             Will + Subject + not have been + V1 + ing +         will not have    V1 + ing
 Negative                  since/for + time?                                   been
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📊 All 12 Tenses at a Glance (सभी 12 Tense
एक नज़र में )
      Tense Name             Structure Example (Affirmative)                  Hindi Example
4. Present Perfect           I have been playing cricket for an       मैं एक घंटे से क्रिकेट खेल रहा हूँ।
Continuous                   hour.
6. Past Continuous I was playing cricket. मैं क्रिकेट खेल रहा था।
7. Past Perfect I had played cricket. मैंने क्रिकेट खेल लिया था।
10. Future Continuous I will be playing cricket. मैं क्रिकेट खेल रहा होऊँगा।
11. Future Perfect           I will have played cricket.              मैं क्रिकेट खेल चक
                                                                                       ु ा होऊँगा।
12. Future Perfect           I will have been playing cricket for     मैं एक घंटे से क्रिकेट खेल रहा
Continuous                   an hour.                                 होऊँगा।
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I am go to       I am going to           मैं बाजार जा रहा हूँ।   Present Continuous uses
market.          market.                                         'am/is/are + verb-ing'.
She don’t like   She doesn’t like tea.   उसे चाय पसंद नहीं       Use 'doesn't' with 'he/she/it' in
tea.                                     है ।                    negative sentences.
We was           We were playing.        हम खेल रहे थे।          'We' takes 'were' in Past
playing.                                                         Continuous.
He didn’t went   He didn’t go there.     वह वहाँ नहीं गया।       After 'did', use base form of
there.                                                           verb.
He is play       He is playing           वह क्रिकेट खेल रहा      Use 'is + verb-ing' for Present
cricket.         cricket.                है ।                    Continuous.
She do her       She does her work       वह रोज़ अपना काम        Use 'does' with 'she' in Present
work daily.      daily.                  करती है ।               Simple.
I going to       I am going to           मैं स्कूल जा रहा हूँ।   Use auxiliary verb 'am/is/are' in
school.          school.                                         Present Continuous.
I was slept.     I had slept / I was     मैं सो रहा था / मैंने   'Was' + verb is incorrect here.
                 sleeping.               सो लिया था।             Use correct tense form.
She not comes    She doesn’t come        वह यहाँ नहीं आती        Use 'doesn't' for negative
here.            here.                   है ।                    Present Simple.
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I had went            I had gone there.      मैं वहाँ गया था।     'Had' is followed by past
there.                                                            participle.
He crying now. He is crying now. वह अभी रो रहा है । Missing auxiliary verb 'is'.
She will goes         She will go there.     वह वहाँ जाएगी।       After 'will/shall', use base form.
there.
   3. क्या तम
             ु क्रिकेट खेलते हो?
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✅ Tense Practice Set 2: Present Continuous Tense
📝 Fill in the blanks:
   1. I ________ (write) a letter now.
   2. क्या तम
             ु मझ
                ु े सन
                     ु रहे हो?
   2. क्या तम
             ु ने कभी ताजमहल दे खा है ?
   2. क्या तम
             ु सब
                ु ह से उसका इंतज़ार कर रहे हो?
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   2. I ________ (not/like) the movie.
   2. क्या तम
             ु ने मझ
                   ु े बल
                        ु ाया था?
✅
Spoken             English
  Tense Practice Set 6: Past ContinuousSchool
                                       Tense (भत
                                               ू काल
में जारी क्रिया)
📝 Fill in the blanks:
   1. He ________ (play) football when I called him.
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   2. क्या वे मव
                ू ी दे ख रहे थे?
Spoken
🔁 Translate into English: English                         School
   1. मैंने खाना खाने से पहले हाथ धो लिए थे।
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   3. ________ you ________ (live) there for long before shifting?
   2. क्या तम
             ु दो घंटे से इंतज़ार कर रहे थे?
   2. क्या तम
             ु अगले हफ्ते आओगे?
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✅ Tense Practice Set 10: Future Continuous Tense
(भविष्य में जारी क्रिया)
📝 Fill in the blanks:
   1. I ________ (study) at 8 PM.
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🔁 Translate into English:
   1. मैं शाम तक अपना प्रोजेक्ट परू ा कर चक
                                           ु ा होऊँगा।
   2. क्या तम
             ु कल तक पढ़ाई परू ी कर लोगे?
Spoken
✅      English School
     Tense Practice Set 14: Common Error Correction
👉 Instructions: Correct the tense errors in the following sentences.
   1. He go to school every day.
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   9. They will has finished the task.
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✅ Tense Practice Set 17: Dialogue Gap-Filling (Real-Life
Conversation)
👉 Instructions: Complete the conversation using proper tenses.
Rahul: Hey! What ________ you ________ (do) these days?
Aman: I ________ (prepare) for my exams.
Rahul: Oh! When ________ they ________ (start)?
Aman: They ________ (begin) next Monday. I ________ (study) for 3 weeks already.
Rahul: Good luck! I’m sure you ________ (do) well.
Aman: Thanks! What about you?
Rahul: I ________ (join) a new company last month.
Aman: Great! Where is it located?
Rahul: It’s in Noida. I ________ (travel) there every day now.
   4. क्या तम
             ु ने कभी विदे श यात्रा की है ?
   5. हम सब
           ु ह से क्लास ले रहे हैं।
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Topic A: My Daily Routine
 Topic B: A Memorable Day from My Past
 Topic C: My Future Goals
   2. She ________ (read) the book when I entered the room.
       a) read
       b) had read
       c) was reading
       d) reads
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       d) worked
1. plays
2. is playing
4. played
1. goes
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  3. Present Perfect
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  3. Have they completed the project?
1. ate
2. is playing
2. eats
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  3. has been working
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  3. Does she cook food?
2. Is he dancing?
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  5. She is not coming.
6. was
2. am preparing
6. joined
7. am traveling
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   2. He has been sleeping for the past two hours.
   ● Topic A (Daily Routine): Includes Present Indefinite, Present Perfect Continuous, and
      Future Tense.
● Topic B (Past Trip): Includes Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect.
   ● Topic C (Future Plan): Uses Present Continuous, Simple Future, and Modal + Base
      Verb.
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