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181. I suggest that he ______ for the job.
Answer: After verbs like 'suggest', 'recommend', 'demand', etc., the 'that' clause uses the subjunctive mood, which is the base form of the verb (bare infinitive).
182. They ______ here for three years by next January.
Answer: The future perfect continuous tense is used for an action that will have been happening for a period of time at a certain point in the future ('by next January').
183. Neither of the boys ______ done his homework.
Answer: Pronouns like 'neither', 'either', 'each', and 'everyone' are singular and require a singular verb. So, 'has' is the correct choice.
184. Being a rainy day, we ______ at home.
Answer: The sentence has a dangling participle. To correct it, the subject of the main clause ('we') must be able to perform the action of the participle. A more correct sentence would be 'As it was a rainy day, we stayed at home.' But given the options, 'stayed' is the most logical verb for the main clause.
185. I look forward to ______ from you.
Answer: The phrase 'look forward to' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing). Therefore, 'hearing' is the correct form.
186. He made me ______ the whole story.
Answer: The causative verb 'make' is followed by an object and a bare infinitive (the base form of the verb without 'to').
187. Many a man ______ tried to climb Mount Everest.
Answer: The phrase 'Many a' is followed by a singular noun ('man') and takes a singular verb. It is a formal way of saying 'many men'.
188. The teacher asked the students to ______ quiet.
Answer: The structure 'asked someone to...' is followed by the base form of the verb (infinitive). 'To keep' is the correct form.
189. He has ______ the book on the table.
Answer: 'Lay' is a transitive verb meaning 'to place something'. Its past participle form is 'laid'. 'Has' requires the past participle (V3).
190. If I had known, I ______ have helped you.
Answer: This is a Type 3 conditional sentence. The 'if' clause is in the past perfect tense ('had known'), so the main clause must use 'would have' + past participle.
191. I cannot ______ with this noise any longer.
Answer: The phrasal verb 'put up with' means to tolerate or endure something.
192. All the furniture in this room ______ old.
Answer: 'Furniture' is an uncountable noun and is always treated as singular. Therefore, it takes a singular verb 'is'.
193. It's high time you ______ studying for the test.
Answer: The phrase 'It's high time' or 'It's time' is followed by a subject and a verb in the simple past tense to indicate that something should have already been done.
194. Do not ______ your voice in front of elders.
Answer: 'Raise' is a transitive verb that means to lift or elevate something. It requires an object, which in this case is 'your voice'.
195. He ______ to the music when I entered the room.
Answer: The past continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action in the past that was interrupted by another action ('when I entered').
196. The meeting was ______ because the manager was ill.
Answer: The phrasal verb 'call off' means to cancel an event.
197. Having ______ his lunch, he went out for a walk.
Answer: This sentence uses a perfect participle ('Having' + V3) to show that one action was completed before another one started.
198. A number of soldiers ______ injured in the war.
Answer: The phrase 'A number of' means 'many' and is treated as a plural subject, thus taking a plural verb.
199. I wish I ______ younger.
Answer: The verb 'wish' is used to express a desire for an unreal situation (subjunctive mood). In this case, 'were' is used for all subjects.
200. He has been ill ______ last Monday.
Answer: The present perfect continuous tense is used with 'since' to denote a point in time when an action started, and with 'for' to denote a period of time.