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The team _______ playing well.

  • have
  • were
  • is
  • are
Correct Option: C  [ is ]

Explanation: "team" is a collective noun and should be treated as a singular entity. Therefore, the verb "is" (singular) used.

Everyone _______ at the party.

  • dance
  • dances
  • are dances
  • have dances
Correct Option: B  [ dances ]

Explanation: "everyone" is considered a singular pronoun (subject), singular verb should be used.

Not Amit but his brothers ______ to the store

  • walk
  • walks
  • are walk
  • have walk
Correct Option: A  [ walk ]

Explanation: If plural subjects are joined by "or," "nor," or "but," the verb must only agree with the subject that is closest to it.

Every girl and every boy ________ given a silver medal.

  • are
  • was
  • has
  • have
Correct Option: B  [ was ]

Explanation: If a subject is modified by the words "each" or "every" that subject is singular and will take a singular verb.

There is plenty of time to catch the train.

  • to reach
  • to get
  • to hold
  • No correction
Correct Option: D  [ No correction ]

Explanation: to catch: here it mean to reach in time and board the train.

He complained _________ the Principal against the new student.

  • of
  • about
  • to
  • for
Correct Option: C  [ to ]

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If somebody has worked for "donkey's years", it means he has worked:

  • for donkeys
  • for a few years
  • for a long time
  • for a short time
Correct Option: C  [ for a long time ]

Explanation: "donkey's years": for a very long time

To murder in "cold blood", it means to murder:

  • coolly
  • unfeelingly
  • thoughtlessly
  • deliberately
Correct Option: B  [ unfeelingly ]

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The practice of having many wives is:

  • polyandry
  • bigamy
  • polygamy
  • monogamy
Correct Option: C  [ polygamy ]

Explanation: Polygamy is the act of marrying multiple spouses, that means having more than one husband or wife at the same time.

He _______ in London since 1990.

  • has been
  • was
  • ha been
  • lived
Correct Option: A  [ has been ]

Explanation: here "Present perfect" used to indicate an action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present.
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