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title: "Choose the best answer (grammar) 2078 Kartik"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:choose-best-answer-grammar-set-2078k"
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# Choose the best answer (grammar) 2078 Kartik

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2078 Kartik, 0.5×10 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/choose-best-answer-grammar-set-2078k
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

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)

## Short answer

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.

## Answer

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).

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. 'Conductors and conductivity ... a good passage.'
   A. is
   B. are
   C. was
   D. has
   Answer: B. Two nouns joined by 'and' take a plural verb. (Key point: Compound subject)

2. 'He has worked here ... this time last year.'
   A. for
   B. since
   C. from
   D. by
   Answer: B. 'Since' goes with a point in time and the present perfect. (Key point: Since vs for)

3. 'If you were to buy a car, it ... you a lot of money.'
   A. would cost
   B. costs
   C. cost
   D. has cost
   Answer: A. 'Were to buy' is a second conditional, so 'would' plus base verb. (Key point: Second conditional)

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