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Choose correct alternative (grammar) 2075 Ashwin

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a) landed, b) offer, c) has, d) were, e) would have done, f) are being watched, g) had done, h) will have settled, i) into, j) to.

Rewrite the following sentences using the correct alternative from the brackets. a) It's time the plane ........... (to land, is landing, landed). b) The stream and the farm ........... a good view. (offer, offers). c) Some furniture ........... to be ordered for the room. (have, has). d) If I ........... to choose one I'd go for the green (was, were) e) Anybody ........... this if you had not done. (will have done, may have done, would have done) f) "I guess people are watching us", really? But I don't think we ........... (will be watched, were being watched, are being watched) g) Do you remember what Priya ........... before she got her article published? (did, had done, would do) h) By the start of the next century, I think people ........... in the Mars. (have settled, can settle, will have settled) i) This book has been translated ........... several languages. (to, by, into) j) Our teacher objects ........... anyone's coming late. (to, against, for)

a) landed: "It's time" is followed by the simple past. b) offer: the compound subject "The stream and the farm" is plural. c) has: "furniture" is a singular, uncountable noun. d) were: "If I were to choose" is the unreal condition. e) would have done: third conditional (the "if" clause is "if you had not done"). f) are being watched: present continuous passive, matching the present "I guess". g) had done: an earlier past action before "got her article published". h) will have settled: future perfect with "By the start of the next century". i) into: "translated into" a language. j) to: "object to" something.

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