Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and 'No correction is required', mark (5) as the answer.

The disparity between the earnings of the poor and the rich has widen in the last few decades.

  1. have widen in

  2. has widened on

  3. have widened in

  4. has widened in

  5. No correction required
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D Correct answer
Explanation

'Has widened in' is correct because 'has' requires the past participle 'widened' (not 'widen'). The present perfect tense 'has widened' describes a change that started in the past and continues. 'Have widen' uses wrong auxiliary verb and wrong verb form. 'Widened on' uses incorrect preposition - 'in the last few decades' is the standard time expression.

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