Practice ECAT questions with answers and explanations.
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The degree will be completed before a stated future deadline.
The future perfect is used for such completion.
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'Yesterday' is a definite finished past time.
The simple past is required rather than the present perfect.
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The temporary action happening today contrasts with a usual habit.
The present continuous expresses the temporary situation.
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'Police' is treated as a plural noun in standard English.
It therefore takes the plural verb 'are.'
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The sentence describes a repeated habit in a finished past period.
The simple past is appropriate.
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The subject is 'Each,' which is singular.
A singular subject takes the singular verb 'has.'
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With 'neither...nor,' the verb usually agrees with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'employees' is plural, so 'are' is correct.
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'News' ends in -s but is treated as a singular uncountable noun.
It therefore takes the singular verb 'is.'
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'A number of' means several and takes a plural verb.
The plural verb 'are' agrees with 'applicants.'
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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The committee is viewed here as one unit because 'its' refers to the group collectively.
A singular collective meaning takes 'has.'
