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161. He ______ for five hours.
Answer: The phrase 'for five hours' indicates a duration of time for an action that started in the past and is still continuing. This requires the present perfect continuous tense.
162. You ______ to see a doctor immediately.
Answer: The presence of 'to' after the blank indicates that the correct modal verb is 'ought', as it is typically followed by 'to' ('ought to') to give advice or show moral obligation.
163. Let him ______ what he wants to.
Answer: The verb 'let' is followed by a bare infinitive (the base form of the verb without 'to'). Therefore, 'do' is the correct choice.
164. The patient ______ before the doctor arrived.
Answer: When two actions happened in the past, the action that occurred earlier is expressed in the past perfect tense ('had' + V3). The patient's death happened before the doctor's arrival.
165. ______ is a good exercise.
Answer: When a verb is used as the subject of a sentence, it takes the gerund form (verb + -ing). 'Walking' here acts as a noun.
166. He denied ______ the window.
Answer: The verb 'deny' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing), not an infinitive. Therefore, 'breaking' is the correct form.
167. The price of petrol has been ______ by the government.
Answer: 'Raise' is a transitive verb meaning 'to lift up' or 'to increase', and it requires an object. 'Rise' is intransitive. Since the government (agent) is increasing the price (object), 'raised' is correct.
168. Please ______ down for a moment.
Answer: 'Lie' is an intransitive verb meaning 'to rest in a flat position'. 'Lay' is a transitive verb meaning 'to put something down'. Since there is no object, the intransitive verb 'lie' is correct.
169. One of my friends ______ gone to France.
Answer: The phrase 'one of' is followed by a plural noun ('friends'), but the verb must agree with 'one', which is singular. Hence, 'has' is the correct verb.
170. If I ______ a bird, I would fly in the sky.
Answer: This sentence expresses a hypothetical or imaginary situation (subjunctive mood). In such cases, 'were' is used with all subjects, including singular ones like 'I'.
171. The captain, along with his team members, ______ praised for his performance.
Answer: When subjects are joined by phrases like 'along with', 'as well as', or 'in addition to', the verb agrees with the first subject. Here, the first subject 'The captain' is singular, so the verb is 'was'.
172. He is used to ______ hard.
Answer: The phrase 'be used to' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing) to mean 'be accustomed to'. Therefore, 'working' is correct.
173. The car suddenly ______ on the highway.
Answer: The phrasal verb 'break down' means to stop functioning, especially in reference to a machine or vehicle.
174. The number of students ______ increasing.
Answer: The phrase 'The number of' is followed by a plural noun, but it is treated as a singular subject and takes a singular verb. Contrast this with 'A number of', which takes a plural verb.
175. I would rather you ______ him the truth.
Answer: The structure 'would rather + subject' is followed by the simple past tense to express a preference about someone else's actions in the present or future.
176. Bread and butter ______ his only food.
Answer: When two nouns are joined by 'and' but refer to a single idea or form a single unit (like a meal), they take a singular verb.
177. If you ______ hard, you will succeed.
Answer: This is a Type 1 conditional sentence. The 'if' clause uses the simple present tense, and the main clause uses the simple future tense.
178. She helped me ______ the heavy box.
Answer: The verb 'help' can be followed by either a bare infinitive (carry) or a full infinitive (to carry). Both are correct, but 'to carry' is one of the options provided.
179. It is I who ______ to blame.
Answer: In a relative clause starting with 'who', 'which', or 'that', the verb agrees with the antecedent of the relative pronoun. Here, the antecedent of 'who' is 'I', so the verb must be 'am'.
180. The committee ______ divided in their opinion.
Answer: When a collective noun (like 'committee') is considered as a collection of individuals (indicated by 'divided in their opinion'), it takes a plural verb.