Multiple choice

Directions: Read the news items given below. Use the information in the headlines to complete the sentence. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence.

Aus troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2014 Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday said Australian troops ____________ in Afghanistan until 2014 as planned despite the decision of the United States to bring 33,000 home next year.

  1. will remain

  2. remained

  3. would remain

  4. have remained
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The headline says troops 'will stay' until 2014, and this is being reported as what Gillard 'said' (past tense). When reporting future plans from the past, we use 'would remain' (future-in-the-past). Option A 'will remain' would be direct speech, not reported. Options B and D use wrong tenses for this context.

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