Practice NET English questions with answers and explanations.
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'May' is used to ask for permission in a polite, formal way.
The sentence requests permission to borrow the pen.
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The preparation was completed before the guests' arrival.
The past perfect shows this earlier completed past action.
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'Could' expresses general ability in the past.
The time phrase 'when she was five' requires a past modal.
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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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When 'every' applies to coordinated singular nouns, the idea remains distributively singular.
Therefore, 'has' is correct.
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'Information' is an uncountable singular noun.
Here 'none' means not any information, so 'is' is appropriate.
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'Scissors' is a plural-form noun and takes a plural verb.
The correct expression is 'The scissors are.'
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'Trousers' is grammatically plural even when referring to one item of clothing.
It therefore takes 'are.'
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A habitual action is expressed with the simple present tense.
The third-person singular subject requires 'goes.'
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The action is happening at the moment of speaking.
The present continuous tense is therefore required.
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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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The train's departure occurred before another completed past action.
The earlier past event takes the past perfect.
