Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the following sentence is underlined. Choose the best option from the given choices that can replace the underlined part.

It is time we Americans stop looking at the things negatively.

  1. we Americans stop looking at the things negatively

  2. we Americans stopped looking at the things negatively

  3. we Americans stop to look at the things negatively

  4. we Americans to stop looking at the things negatively

  5. we Americans stop looking on the things negatively.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It's an example of the past subjunctive. The tense correction is - “stopped looking at”. It is used as a critical observation which is clarified in the next part of the sentence.

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