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All Contextual Vocabulary 2563 Prepositional Usage 2021 Tense and Aspect 1751 Determiners 1005 Phrasal Verbs 949 Confusable Vocabulary 908 Pronoun Antecedent 867 Subject-Verb Agreement 735 Collocations 654 Idiomatic Expressions 627 Conjunctions and Connectors 557 Modals 390

Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.

Since he left the presidency years ago, ____.

  1. Ronald Reagan will live in Santa Barbara, California

  2. Ronald Reagan to live in Santa Barbara, California

  3. Ronald Reagan living in Santa Barbara, California

  4. Ronald Reagan has been living in Santa Barbara, California
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Present tense has to be used after the line 'since he left the presidency years ago...'. Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

George Balanchine, ____, helped to found the School of American Ballet in 1934.

  1. a talented choreographer

  2. was a talented choreographer

  3. was a talented choreographer and

  4. be a talented choreographer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Noun phrase is apposition to the subject. All the other options, except (1) make use of connecting words which convert the phrase into a clause and we would need a subject after the blank.