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6231. Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:My friend _ (suffer) from cholera since August.
- A. Suffer
- B. Suffered
- C. Suffering
- D. Is suffering
Explanation: "Is suffering" is the correct present continuous tense, which indicates the ongoing state of suffering that has lasted since August.
Correct answer: Is suffering6232. Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:The strong earthquake _ (shake) the city causing lots of damage.
- A. Shake
- B. Shook
- C. Shaking
- D. Will shake
Explanation: The verb shake takes as its standard past tense form shook.
Correct answer: Shook6233. Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:We _ (visit) the lake many times before, but we enjoyed ourselves the most this time.
- A. Visit
- B. Have visited
- C. Visited
- D. Had visited
Explanation: You need to use the perfect tenses when talking about a past event that continues to the time being described. Actually, the present tense is used more for factual statements. It has to be the past tense when the time in the past is specified.
Correct answer: Had visited6234. Select the option which fits appropriately in the blank:The students, accompanied by their teacher, _ gone on a picnic.
- A. Has
- B. Have
- C. Are
- D. Was
Explanation: 'Have' is used due to Subject Verb Agreement. That is, both the subject and the verb should either be singular or plural. Since students is in plural form, the verb should also be in plural form.
Correct answer: Have6235. Demonstrate the correct use of subject-verb agreement:He was _ in the rain then.
- A. Enjoys
- B. Enjoying
- C. Enjoy
- D. Will enjoy
Explanation: To choose the correct answer, first identify the keyword which is the auxiliary verb 'was'. Helping verbs/auxiliary verbs are used when indicating a progressive or continuous tense. Hence option B is correct. He was enjoying in the rain then.
Correct answer: Enjoying6236. Demonstrate the correct use of subject-verb agreement in the following sentence:Both of you _ the rules.
- A. Knows
- B. Knew
- C. No
- D. New
Explanation: Option A; Both is the subject of your sentence, and it is what the verb should agree with. Since Both are plural, you should use the plural form know, not the third person singular knows. 'of you' modifies Both, and does not affect the verb's number.Option B: 'Knew' is the past tense of 'know' which is the right option.Option C: 'No' is used to give a negative response.Option D: 'New' means produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.
Correct answer: Knew6237. It seldom _ in Feburary
- A. Rains
- B. None of these
- C. Rained
- D. Raining
Explanation: 'Rains' would be the correct option here, since the sentence does not describe a present continuous tense or a past tense.
Correct answer: Rains6238. Complete the sentence with an appropriate verb. Did you _ the pen?
- A. Break
- B. Breaks
- C. Broken
- D. Broke
Explanation: The auxiliary verb 'did' is always followed by the first form of a verb. Hence the correct option is 'break'.
Correct answer: Break6239. Do not make so much noise, Farrah _ to study for her ESL test!
- A. Try
- B. Tries
- C. Tried
- D. Is trying
Explanation: This is the correct answer. "Is trying" is the present progressive (continuous) tense form of the verb "try," used to indicate an action that is currently happening. In this context, it shows that Farrah is currently making an effort to study for her ESL test, which is in line with the instruction not to make noise.
Correct answer: Is trying6240. The dogs _ escaped.
- A. Did
- B. Has
- C. Had
- D. Will
Explanation: The sentence should read: "The dogs had escaped."The verb "had escaped" is in the past perfect tense, indicating that the dogs' escape occurred before another action or time in the past.
Correct answer: Had