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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Verb forms

1. Is he single?
No, he ___.
A. is married B. has been married
2. Can I use your pen? Mine ___.
A. is lost B. has been lost.
3. If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river ___ so seriously.
A. wouldn’t be polluted B. wouldn’t have been polluted
In the three test questions, I think both A and B are correct. Do you think so? Thank you.
  

Top answer

wangqh2696122 1. No, he ___. If he is not single, then he is married.

— Fivejedjon

  • wangqh2696122 1.
  • No, he ___.
  • If he is not single, then he is married.
  • wangqh2696122 2.
  • Can I use your pen?
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wangqh26961221. Is he single?No, he ___.
If he is not single, then he is married.
wangqh26961222. Can I use your pen? Mine ___.A. is lost B. has been lost.
Neither is natural. Both are possible.
wangqh26961223. If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river ___ so seriously.A. wouldn’t
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fivejedjon3. If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river ___ so seriously.
A. wouldn’t be polluted B. wouldn’t have been polluted
Both are possible.
Are there any differences?
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wangqh2696122 fivejedjon3. If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river ___ so seriously.A. wouldn’t be polluted B. wouldn’t have been pollutedBoth are possible.Are Is there any differences?
Yes, though the practical result is probably the same - the river is polluted now.

It would not have been polluted (in the
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If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river ___ so seriously now.
A. wouldn’t be polluted B. wouldn’t have been polluted

In this case, only A is possible. Right?
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