Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down

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Practice level

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How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The Academy ___ its doors after nearly two centuries.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. has closed
   2. has close
   3. have closed
   4. is close
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   has closed

   The present perfect connects a recent closure with its present result.

2. Question 2 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The museum ___ to visitors in 1828.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. was opened
   2. has opened
   3. was opening
   4. is opened
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   was opened

   A completed historical event requires the simple past passive.

3. Question 3 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Families returned so that their children ___ the experience.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. could share
   2. can shared
   3. could shared
   4. can sharing
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   could share

   The past purpose clause requires could plus the base verb.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

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   Costs had increased after the pandemic while attendance ___.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. had fallen
   2. has fall
   3. was fell
   4. had falling
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   had fallen

   The past perfect shows the earlier change before the reported closure.

5. Question 5 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The campaign encouraged visitors ___ the institution.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to support
   2. supporting
   3. support
   4. to supporting
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   to support

   Encourage is followed by an object and a to-infinitive.

6. Question 6 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   If the museum had received more funding, it ___ open.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. might have remained
   2. might remain
   3. will have remained
   4. might remaining
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   might have remained

   This mixed conditional describes an unreal past condition and present result.

7. Question 7 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The final surge was not enough ___ the closure.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to prevent
   2. preventing
   3. prevent
   4. to preventing
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   to prevent

   Enough is followed by a to-infinitive expressing purpose or result.

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