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a) are; b) are; c) since; d) by; e) over; f) would have fought; g) would cost; h) were; i) I had done; j) after.

Choose the best answer: a) Conductors and conductivity ........... a good passage. (are, is) b) The philosopher and the statesman ........... required. (are, is) c) He has worked here ........... this time last year. (for, since) d) The land is covered ........... snow. (on, by) e) I pondered ........... the question that was asked to me. (about, over) f) The soldiers ........... better if they had been given clear orders. (would have fought, would fight) g) If you were to buy a car, it ........... you a lot of money. (would cost, costs) h) She acts as if she ........... an actress. (is, were) i) He congratulated me for what ........... (I did, I had done) j) He returned to Kathmandu ........... two days. (in, after)

a) are: two nouns joined by "and" take a plural verb. b) are: two persons (article repeated), so the plural verb is used. c) since: "since" with a point in time ("this time last year"), used with the present perfect. d) by: "covered by snow" (covered with or by). e) over: "ponder over" a question. f) would have fought: third conditional ("if they had been given"). g) would cost: second conditional ("were to buy"). h) were: "as if" with a present unreal comparison. i) I had done: reported speech with backshift to the past perfect. j) after: for a past event, "after two days" is used ("in two days" refers to the future).

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