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title: "Choose correct words (grammar) 2068 Chaitra"
subject: "Communication English"
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# Choose correct words (grammar) 2068 Chaitra

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2068 Chaitra, 0.5×10 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

Choose the correct words from the brackets:
a) Either you or I ........... supposed to do it. (are, am)
b) The government ........... decided to increase the salary of their civil servants. (have, has)
c) The teacher said that we ........... mortal. (are, were)
d) She says that she ........... more food. (wants, wanted)
e) This notice ........... altered. (has been, have been)
f) A lot of the work ........... by the students. (is being done, are being done)
g) If I had enough money, I ........... this car. (would have bought, would buy)
h) Unless you ........... hard, you can't pass the exam. (work, don't work)
i) He died ........... T.B last year. (with, of)
j) She always takes ........... notes in her class. (up, down)

## Short answer

a) am, b) have, c) are, d) wants, e) has been, f) is being done, g) would buy, h) work, i) of, j) down.

## Answer

a) **am**: "either...or" agrees with the nearer subject, "I".
b) **have**: the pronoun "their" shows that "government" is treated as a group of individuals, so the plural verb is needed to match it (with the singular "has", the pronoun would be "its").
c) **are**: a general truth stays in the present tense.
d) **wants**: the reporting verb "says" is in the present tense, so the tense of the reported clause does not change.
e) **has been**: "notice" is singular.
f) **is being done**: "A lot of the work" takes a singular verb, in the present continuous passive.
g) **would buy**: second conditional (unreal present).
h) **work**: "Unless" already makes the clause negative.
i) **of**: one dies "of" a disease.
j) **down**: "take down notes" means to write them.

## Check yourself

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

1. 'Unless you ... hard, you can't pass the exam.'
   A. don't work
   B. work
   C. worked
   D. won't work
   Answer: B. 'Unless' already means 'if not'. (Key point: Unless)

2. 'If I had enough money, I ... this car.'
   A. would have bought
   B. would buy
   C. will buy
   D. bought
   Answer: B. A past 'if' clause with an unreal present takes 'would' plus base verb. (Key point: Second conditional)

3. 'This notice ... altered' and 'A lot of the work ... done by the students'
   A. have been; are being
   B. has been; is being
   C. has been; are being
   D. have been; is being
   Answer: B. Both subjects ('notice' and 'a lot of the work') are singular. (Key point: Singular nouns)

4. 'The teacher said that we ... mortal.'
   A. were
   B. are
   C. was
   D. been
   Answer: B. A general truth stays in the present tense. (Key point: Reported general truth)

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