Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given below. Select the best substitution for the underlined part and indicate it as your answer. If no substitution is required indicate (4) as your answer.

His latest film has been less successful than his other films were.

  1. have been

  2. had been

  3. was

  4. No improvement needed
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of parallelism, “was-were”.

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