--- title: "Choose correct answers (grammar) 2079 Baishakh" subject: "Communication English" chapter: 3 key: "semester_5/communication_english:choose-correct-answers-grammar-set-2079b" source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/choose-correct-answers-grammar-set-2079b site: BCT Engineering --- # Choose correct answers (grammar) 2079 Baishakh Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar - Asked in: 2079 Baishakh, 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-correct-answers-grammar-set-2079b - Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3 ## Question Complete the following sentences choosing the correct answers from bracket: a) The building does not conform ........... safety regulations. (with, to). b) He is steeped ........... the literature of ancient Greece and Rome. (with, in). c) It is time they brought the cows in. Its passive voice is ........... (It is time the cows were brought in / The cows were brought in time) d) Nobody has slept in that room for years. ........... (That room has not been slept in for years / That room has not been used for sleeping purpose for years.) e) It ........... if you had not caught it. (would break / would have broken) f) If it rained, I ........... at home. (should stay / could stay) g) She acts as if he ........... (were stung / had been stung) h) It seemed at least twenty minutes since Smith ........... for the village. (set off / had set off) i) The crown and glory of life ........... character. (is / are) j) The trouble with all those cars ........... slow speed. (was / were) ## Short answer a) to; b) in; c) It is time the cows were brought in; d) That room has not been slept in for years; e) would have broken; f) should stay; g) had been stung; h) had set off; i) is; j) was. These match rules like 'conform to', 'steeped in', conditional patterns, singular subjects, and passive voice structures. ## Answer a) **to**: "conform to" rules. b) **in**: "steeped in" means deeply involved in something. c) **It is time the cows were brought in**: "time" plus past passive, keeping the original structure. d) **That room has not been slept in for years**: the preposition "in" is kept in the passive. e) **would have broken**: third conditional ("if you had not caught it"). f) **should stay**: second conditional with a first-person subject. g) **had been stung**: the stinging is imagined as an earlier past event. h) **had set off**: past perfect, because the leaving happened before the time of "seemed". i) **is**: "The crown and glory" is one idea. j) **was**: the subject is "trouble" (singular), not "cars". ## Check yourself The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why. 1. The passive of 'Nobody has slept in that room for years' is: A. That room has not been slept for years B. That room has not been slept in for years C. That room was not sleeping in for years D. In that room not slept for years Answer: B. The preposition 'in' stays with the verb in the passive. (Key point: Passive with preposition) 2. 'It ... if you had not caught it.' A. would break B. would have broken C. will break D. breaks Answer: B. 'Had not caught' signals the third conditional, so 'would have broken'. (Key point: Third conditional) 3. 'It seemed at least twenty minutes since Smith ... for the village.' A. set off B. had set off C. sets off D. is setting off Answer: B. The leaving happened before the time of 'seemed', so past perfect. (Key point: Past perfect) 4. Which pair is correct? A. conform with; steeped with B. conform to; steeped in C. conform in; steeped to D. conform at; steeped of Answer: B. One conforms to rules and is steeped in literature. 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