Steinem and Parton’s Deaths Leave Feminists Grieving Two Influential Voices

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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 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct completion: “Their deaths ___ questions about future leadership.”

   1. has raised
   2. have raised
   3. raising
   4. was raised
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   Answer

   have raised

   The plural subject “deaths” requires the plural present-perfect auxiliary.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct connector: “___ the women represented different worlds, their deaths created shared grief.”

   1. Although
   2. Because of
   3. Despite of
   4. Therefore
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   Answer

   Although

   “Although” introduces a contrast between difference and shared response.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses the third conditional?

   1. If they lead together, uncertainty would disappear.
   2. If they had survived, questions might have developed differently.
   3. If they survive, questions might have developed differently.
   4. If they were surviving, questions have developed differently.
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   Answer

   If they had survived, questions might have developed differently.

   The third conditional discusses an unreal past result using “would have.”

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct relative clause: “The figures ___ people admired influenced public discussion.”

   1. which
   2. whose
   3. whom
   4. where
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   Answer

   whom

   The relative pronoun “whom” functions as the object of “admired.”

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct form: “People are concerned about ___ visible leadership.”

   1. replace
   2. replaced
   3. replacing
   4. to replacing
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   Answer

   replacing

   A gerund follows the preposition “about.”

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct passive form: “Their influence ___ across generations.”

   1. has extended
   2. has been extended
   3. is extending
   4. was extending
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   Answer

   has been extended

   The present perfect passive uses “has been” plus the past participle.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the correct inversion: “Only later ___ the wider significance become clear.”

   1. the significance did
   2. did the significance
   3. the significance does
   4. does the significance
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   Answer

   did the significance

   Negative or limiting adverbials can require auxiliary-subject inversion.

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