NAT English MCQs

The simple past may backshift to the past perfect in reported speech.
'Yesterday' changes to 'the previous day.'

A universal scientific truth normally remains in the simple present.
Backshift is unnecessary because the statement is still true.

A yes-no question is reported with 'asked' plus 'if' or 'whether.'
The word order becomes that of a statement.

A wh-question keeps the question word but uses statement word order.
The present tense normally backshifts to the past.

'Have something done' means arranging for another person to perform a service.
The object is followed by the past participle 'repaired.'

'Get someone to do something' expresses persuasion or arrangement.
It requires an object followed by a to-infinitive.

The subject contains two nouns joined by 'and.'
Both Ali and Hamza perform the action.

'Make someone do something' takes the bare infinitive in active voice.
Therefore, 'made the students rewrite' is correct.

One subject performs two actions: collected and analyzed.
Two verbs sharing the same subject form a compound predicate.

The passive infinitive is formed with 'to be' plus a past participle.
'Needs to be completed' expresses that the report must receive the action.

A negative adverb placed first triggers auxiliary-subject inversion.
The correct order is 'Never have I seen.'

The passive gerund is formed with 'being' plus a past participle.
It functions as the object of 'dislikes.'