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Complete the sentence:
“Police ________ notorious gangster after relentless chase that ________ for 3 weeks.”
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Correct collocation and tense are “nabbed” and “lasted.”
Which of the following is a correct expression by English grammar?
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Sentences (A), (B), and (C) are grammatically incorrect.
(A) should be “He has been sleeping for two hours.”
(B) should be “We went to the movies last night.”
(C) should be “I saw him yesterday.”
(D) is correct as it follows subject–verb agreement.
Which one of the following statements is false?
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Natural numbers and Integers are not equinumerous since
$\mathbb{Z}$ (integers) is a proper superset of $\mathbb{N}$ (naturals).
All other statements are true.
Identify the correct form of the verb in the sentence:
"She _______ to the concert last night."
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The phrase “last night” indicates past time, so the simple past tense is required.
go → base form
went → past form
gone → past participle (used with have/has/had)
goes → present tense
She went to the concert last night.
Choose the correct conjunction to join these sentences:
"She wanted to go out it was raining heavily."
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Two clauses:
She wanted to go out.
It was raining heavily.
These show contrast, so we use but.
and → addition
so → result
because → reason
Did you think you …………….. (see) me somewhere before?
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Solution:
Sentence is in **past tense** (“Did you think”),
so the action that happened **before** that must be in **past perfect tense**.
Correct form: “Did you think you **had seen** me somewhere before?”
Which sentence is in the Present Perfect Continuous tense?
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Identify the correct punctuation: "I have a dog cat bird and fish.
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When listing items, commas should separate each item.
Correct punctuation:
I have a dog, a cat, a bird, and a fish.
This uses the Oxford comma before the last item.
Science is actually doing less than nothing.” Here the word ACTUALLY is
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adverb — it modifies “is doing”.
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