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6. The central heating Have to be insiaiedperly to avold any unnecessary fires c) d) Has got to installed Has to be installed 7. You those t have eaten strawberries. You know you're allergic to them ouldn' b) couldn't have eaten c) weren't supposed have eaten d) needn't have eaten 8. A pedestrian ured- in a hit and run accident near the airport. b) has been injuring e) has injured d) has be injured 9. A: We've got small, medium and large. What size do you want? a large one, please. a) Am going to have b) Will have c) Am having d) Have 10. When I saw the vase in the shop window, I knew it was exactly what I a) Looked for b) Look for c) Had been looking for d) Am looking for 11. Three hours a long time to get ready for the birthday party. a) Are seem b) Is seem c) Seem d) Seems 12. The children from next door have been throwing stones at our window: stop, otherwise I'll call the police.' they a) Had better b) Had better to c) Should have d) Ought

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(6)

Answer: (d) has to be installed

Explanation: Central heating is singular and thus needs to followed by 'has to'.

'Has to' (or 'have to') is followed by an infinitive. Hence we will use 'has to be', and not 'has to being'.

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(7)

Answer: (a) shouldn't have eaten

Explanation: 'shouldn't have' refers to something that has already been done but you are suggesting against it.

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(8)

Answer: (a) has been injured

Explanation: 'has been' denotes the passive form of 'has'. It will be used because the accident has already happened. Since the accident was caused by a third person, and the pedestrian was the victim (or the object) of the action, hence we will use a passive voice 'has been'.

All passive voices are mentioned in 'past participle' form (or third form) of verb. Hence we will use 'has been injured' and not 'has been injuring'.

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Answer: (b)

Explanation: Here you are suggesting that you would rather prefer to have a large one. You cannot use 'am going to have' because it suggests that you already have a cup and now you are planning to drink it. Since you are politely replying to the other person about your choice of size (that you will be having once they have handed it over to you), hence you must use 'will have'.

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(10)

Answer: (c) had been looking for

Explanation: 'When I saw' indicates that we are talking about a past incident, hence we must stick to the past.

You are trying to suggest that even before the moment you found the vase in the shop window, you were already searching for one just like it. So you want to indicate an action that was already being performed from an earlier point of time. Hence we will be using a 'Past Perfect Continuous' form of the veb, which is 'Had been looking for'.

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Answer: (d) seems

Explanation: Alright, this is one of the most 'tricky' question in the whole paper. The basic rule is singular subject is followed by singular verb (verb+s) and plural subject is followed by plural verb.

Here 'three hours' looks like a plural because you might think of it more than one, but it is a singular noun. This is because we are not talking about each hours separately, we are not even talking about hours. We are talking about a 'period of time' and 'three hours' measures that period of time. This 'period of time' is singular. In other way 'three hours' denotes a single event which lasted for three hours, but it was still one single event. Hence we will use a singular verb, i.e. 'seems'.

This rule applies for all 'phrases of time, money and weight'. For example,

'Five thousand dollars is too much to pay'.

'Seven years was a long time to spend at college'.

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