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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. Are in
- B. Were in
- C. Should in
- D. Be in
Explanation: The verb "requires" is often followed by a clause with "be". So, the sentence should read, "The college discipline committee requires that…
Correct answer: Be in- A. Has been collected
- B. Is collected
- C. Was collected
- D. Be collected
Explanation: The verb "realized" is often followed by a clause with "be". So, the sentence should read, "After the complete failure of the mission the…
Correct answer: Be collected3603. I wish that_ in Multan.
- A. I was living
- B. I has been living
- C. I am living
- D. I were living
Explanation: The verb "wish" is often followed by a clause with "were". So, the sentence should read, "I wish that I were living in Multan."
Correct answer: I were living- A. Have focused
- B. Had focused
- C. Focused
- D. Were focused
Explanation: Have focused - Incorrect: The present perfect "have focused" is not typically used in third conditional sentences
Correct answer: Had focused- A. Will comply
- B. Had complied
- C. Complies
- D. Complied
Explanation: Complies - Correct: The correct form is "complies". The word "unless" is similar to "if not", so we use a similar structure as in first…
Correct answer: Complies- A. Adjective
- B. Pronoun
- C. Verb
- D. Preposition
Explanation: 'Eat' is a verb. It refers to the action of consuming food.
Correct answer: Verb- A. Adjective
- B. Adverb
- C. 'Preposition
- D. Verb
Explanation: Recommended' is a verb. It refers to the action of suggesting something as suitable for a particular purpose or role.
Correct answer: Verb- A. Drive
- B. Driving
- C. Have driven
- D. Drove
Explanation: driving - This is the gerund form of the verb and is correctbecause "used to" is followed by a gerund.
Correct answer: Driving- A. To get
- B. had gotten
- C. Went
- D. Got
Explanation: In English, when talking about two events in the past, the earlier one is expressed in past perfect (had + past participle), and the later…
Correct answer: had gotten- A. Raised
- B. Risen
- C. Rose
- D. Had raised
Explanation: rose - Correct because "rose" is the past tense of "rise,"which fits the context of the sentence.
Correct answer: Rose- A. To be
- B. Be
- C. Been
- D. Being
Explanation: The structure " to be" is the correct form when expressing how something appears or seems.
Correct answer: To be- A. Was a
- B. Books: his
- C. Ransacked
- D. Buy or copy
Explanation: It is incorrect because "buy" and "copy" should be in thegerund form ("buying" and "copying") to match the structureof the sentence.
Correct answer: Buy or copy- A. Had
- B. Love
- C. Think
- D. Without
Explanation: Correct usage, but the phrase needs to be "love for eachother."
Correct answer: Love- A. Was
- B. Be
- C. Feel
- D. Uncomfortable
Explanation: Here, "feel" should actually be in the infinitive form, which is"to feel." When using "be made," it is followed by an infinitiveverb form…
Correct answer: Feel- A. Wonders
- B. Why I ever
- C. Climbed
- D. Rise
Explanation: This should be "raise" instead of "rise." "Raise" is the correctverb to use when talking about growing or cultivating crops.
Correct answer: Rise- A. To sit
- B. Her
- C. Insult
- D. Apologizes
Explanation: This should be "apologize" instead of "apologizes" to matchthe subjunctive mood ("I demand that...").
Correct answer: Apologizes- A. We might have buy a larger house if we had more money.
- B. We might buy a larger house if we had had more money.
- C. We might buy larger house if we had more money.
- D. We might buy a larger house if we had more money.
Explanation: This option is correct. It properly uses the simple past 'had'in the conditional clause to express a present hypotheticalsituation and…
Correct answer: We might buy a larger house if we had more money.- A. My wife is dead and my child is dead, and I wish I was dead myself.
- B. My wife is dead and my child is dead, and I wish I were dead myself.
- C. My wife is dead and my child is dead, and I wish I had been dead myself.
- D. My wife is died and my child is dead, and I wish I were dead myself.
Explanation: This option corrects the subjunctive mood by using "were" instead of "was." This is grammatically correct and expresses a hypothetical wish.
Correct answer: My wife is dead and my child is dead, and I wish I were dead myself.- A. The nice thing about being self-employed is that I get to pay
- B. The nice thing about being self-employed is that I get to pay myself
- C. The nicely thing about being self-employed is that I get to pay myself
- D. The nice thing about been self-employed is that I get to pay myself
Explanation: This option is grammatically correct and conveys the ideathat one of the advantages of being self-employed is theability to pay oneself.
Correct answer: The nice thing about being self-employed is that I get to pay myself- A. Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but go there on holidays.
- B. Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but going there on holidays.
- C. Her parents live nearby, so she can't help go there on holidays.
- D. Her parents lives nearby, but she can't help going their on holidays.
Explanation: This option is grammatically correct. "Help but" is a fixedphrase that is followed by the base form of the verb ("go").
Correct answer: Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but go there on holidays.