AI Shopping Agents Raise Questions About Money and Data

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Question formats

Fill in the blank (dropdown), Single choice

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 proposal shifts some shopping tasks from people to software, ___ a question about authority.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. raise
   2. raising
   3. raised
   4. to raising
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   Blank 1

   raising

   The participle describes a result of the proposal.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

   1. An agent is designed pursuing tasks on a user’s behalf.
   2. An agent is designed to pursue tasks on a user’s behalf.
   3. An agent is designed pursue tasks on a user’s behalf.
   4. An agent designed to pursues tasks on a user’s behalf.
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   Answer

   An agent is designed to pursue tasks on a user’s behalf.

   The article uses a passive infinitive after “designed.”

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   A shopper may need to consider ___ the agent reflects the user’s intentions.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. whether
   2. that whether
   3. what
   4. which whether
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   Blank 1

   whether

   An embedded yes-or-no question takes “whether.”

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Clear limits matter when users rely ___ automated systems.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. at
   2. for
   3. on
   4. by
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   Blank 1

   on

   “Rely” takes the preposition “on.”

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The greater the responsibility delegated, ___ it becomes to understand the agent’s authority.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. more important
   2. the more important
   3. most important
   4. the most important
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   Blank 1

   the more important

   The correlative comparative construction requires “the more.”

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a concessive clause?

   1. Although convenience is appealing, it does not settle questions of trust.
   2. Although convenience is appealing, but it does not settle questions of trust.
   3. Despite convenience is appealing, it does not settle questions of trust.
   4. Although convenience appealing, it does not settle questions of trust.
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   Answer

   Although convenience is appealing, it does not settle questions of trust.

   “Although” introduces a subordinate concession before the main clause.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The available account raises concerns but does not specify what safeguards companies ___.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. offers
   2. offering
   3. offer
   4. has offered
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   offer

   The present simple agrees with the plural subject “companies.”

What to review next

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