Multiple choice

SELECT THE UNDERLINED WORD OR PHRASE THAT IS INCORRECT

When overall exports exceed imports a country said to have a trade surplus.

  1. When overall

  2. exceed imports

  3. said

  4. trade surplus

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires a passive construction: 'a country is said to have'. The word 'said' is missing the auxiliary verb 'is'.

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