Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) as your answer.<\/p>\n
1. The peasant told the youth that the weather is stormy<\/strong> and the way was long.<\/p>\n a) was stormy 2. The only inhabitants of the village said that they have never known<\/strong> anyone cross the hills in deep snow.<\/p>\n a) had never known 3. The pickpocket confessed that he had picked<\/strong> the man\u2019s pocket.<\/p>\n a) had been picked 4. He was so tired that he might<\/strong> barely stand.<\/p>\n a) would 5. If you had asked me I would have been helped<\/strong> you with pleasure.<\/p>\n a) would help 6. I was going to have meals when they were calling me.<\/strong><\/p>\n a) had called 7. No one could explain how the prisoner was escaped<\/strong> from the prison.<\/p>\n a) had escaped 8. This passage is so difficult that I can\u2019t comprehend<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n a) am not comprehending 9. The teacher asked the boys whether they have solved<\/strong> the sums.<\/p>\n a) had solved 10. Although they had defeated<\/strong>, they did not lose heart.<\/p>\n a) were defeated 11. He said that he would not<\/strong> believe it even if he saw it with his own eyes.<\/p>\n a) will not 12. A great city once stood where the village of Rajgir now lied<\/strong>.<\/p>\n a) lies 13. The sage enjoined<\/strong> his disciplines not to blame others for their failures.<\/p>\n a) enjoined upon 14. The girl requested that she was allowed<\/strong> to have another helping of the pudding.<\/p>\n a) should be allowed 15. My pen was stealing<\/strong> by somebody yesterday.<\/p>\n a) was stolen 16. That politics is a dirty game is now believed<\/strong> by many people.<\/p>\n a) is now being believed 17. The father expressed his desire that his son became<\/strong> a doctor.<\/p>\n a) should become 18. Since the doctors couldn\u2019t move him to a hospital, he operated upon<\/strong> at home.<\/p>\n a) has operated upon 19. Unauthorized settlements in many parts of the city have demolished<\/strong>.<\/p>\n a) have been demolished 20. Had you finished your homework in time, you would be allowed<\/strong> to go home.<\/p>\n a) would have been allowed 21. When you reach his house, he will be waiting<\/strong> for you for two hours.<\/p>\n a) will have been 21. Deepak has wanted<\/strong> to join the medical college, but he failed to get admission.<\/p>\n a) had wanted 22. The finance minister has announced an across-the-board<\/strong> wage increase.<\/p>\n a) across-the-horde 23. A grammar rule, unless true<\/strong>, is useless unless it can be understood.<\/p>\n a) however true 24. It was a long time before she completely<\/strong> used to working with old people.<\/p>\n a) she was completely 25. In spite the fact<\/strong> that she had three small children, the judge sent her to prison.<\/p>\n a) despite of the fact Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. was stormy Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) as your answer....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[547],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bank-po-english","tag-bank-po-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nb) had been stormy
\nc) has been stormy
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) never knew
\nc) had never been known
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) has picked
\nc) has been picked
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) should
\nc) could
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) would have helped
\nc) had helped
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) called
\nc) were called
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) has escaped
\nc) had been escaped
\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) could not comprehend
\nc) was not comprehending
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) were solved
\nc) solve
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) have been defeated
\nc) have defeated
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) could not
\nc) had not
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had lied
\nc) lying
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) enjoined to
\nc) enjoined with
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) could be allowed
\nc) would be allowed
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) has stolen
\nc) had stolen
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) has now believed
\nc) was now being believing
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had become
\nc) become
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) was operated upon
\nc) had operated upon
\nd) No Improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had demolished
\nc) was demolished
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) had been allowed
\nc) were allowed
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) would be
\nc) would have been
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) was wanting
\nc) would want
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) over-the-board
\nc) over-the-table
\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) whether true
\nc) if true
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) she had completely
\nc) she is completely
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\nb) in spite of the fact
\nc) in spite of
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n
\n2. had never known
\n3. no improvement
\n4. could
\n5. would have helped
\n6. called
\n7. had escaped
\n8. no improvement
\n9. had solved
\n10. were defeated
\n11. no improvement
\n12. lies
\n13. enjoined upon
\n14. should be allowed
\n15. was stolen
\n16. no improvement
\n17. should become
\n18. was operated upon
\n19. have been demolished
\n20. would have been allowed
\n21. had wanted
\n22. no improvement
\n23. however true
\n24. she was completely
\n25. in spite of the fact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"