Choose the correct verb: ‘The committee ___ submitted its final report.’
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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.'
Practice English questions with answers and explanations.
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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.'
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The sentence refers to life experience without a finished past time.
The present perfect connects the experience to the present.
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Future time clauses after 'as soon as' normally use the simple present.
The future meaning is carried by the main clause.
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The past continuous uses a past form of 'be' plus an -ing form.
The plural subject 'they' takes 'were.'
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'Neither' refers to not one and not the other of two items.
'None' is more commonly used for more than two.
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The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.
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The train's departure occurred before another completed past action.
The earlier past event takes the past perfect.
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The main action will happen in the future after another future-completed action.
The main clause therefore uses 'will call.'
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'Would' can describe habitual actions in a past period.
The repeated winter visits illustrate this use.
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'Students' is a plural countable noun.
'Several' correctly indicates an unspecified number greater than two.
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With 'either...or,' agreement is normally with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'brother' is singular, so 'is' is correct.
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The sentence describes an action in progress at a specific past time.
The past continuous tense expresses this meaning.