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a) are, b) is, c) take, d) talks, e) wouldn't have missed, f) will have to pay, g) in, h) upon, i) I was shocked at his conduct, j) He urged that the rates should be reduced

Choose the best answer: a) You, he and I ........... neighbours. (am, are) b) The team ........... struggling for its victory. (is, are) c) It is me who always ........... right decision. (take, takes) d) He ........... as if he were illiterate. (talks, talked) e) Had she reached airport in time, she ........... her flight. (wouldn't miss, wouldn't have missed) f) If you buy this car, you ........... Rs. 25,00000/- only. (will have to pay, have to pay) g) There's no one here I can confide ........... (in, on) h) The king bestowed an honour ........... her. (to, upon) i) The passive voice of "His conduct shocked me" is ........... (I was shocked by his conduct / I was shocked at his conduct) j) The passive voice of "He urged the council to reduce the rates" is ........... (He urged that the rates should be reduced / He urged the rates to be reduced)

a) are: the compound subject "You, he and I" takes the plural "are". b) is: "team" is a collective noun treated as a single unit here. c) take: in "It is me who...", the relative clause verb agrees with the first person, so "take" (the formal form is "It is I who take"). d) talks: the main verb is in the simple present, and "as if he were illiterate" gives the unreal comparison. e) wouldn't have missed: third conditional ("Had she reached ... she would not have missed"). f) will have to pay: first conditional, a real future possibility. g) in: "confide in" someone. h) upon: "bestow an honour upon" someone. i) I was shocked at his conduct: "shocked at" is the idiomatic form with this meaning. j) He urged that the rates should be reduced: the "to + infinitive" structure is turned into a "that" clause with "should".

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