Europe’s snow escapes offer Arctic adventures beyond the ski slopes

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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.

   Although winter brings only a few hours of dim twilight, floodlit slopes ___ the resort active after dark.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. keep
   2. keeps
   3. keeping
   4. to keep
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   keep

   After a causative verb, the object is followed by a bare infinitive complement.

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

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   The new program is due ___ excursions through a dedicated activity center.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. organize
   2. organizing
   3. organized
   4. organizes
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   organize

   The expression “be due” is followed by a to-infinitive.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Visitors can cycle through snowy woodland, ___ holes in a frozen lake, or learn survival skills.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. cut
   2. cuts
   3. cutting
   4. to cut
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   cut

   Parallel modal complements require coordinated bare infinitives after “can.”

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

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   The area is an International Dark Sky Park, ___ relatively little light pollution.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. with
   2. having
   3. has
   4. have
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   with

   A present participial clause appropriately expresses a simultaneous characteristic.

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

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   The limited daylight is beneficial because it enables stargazers ___ the night sky for longer.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to observe
   2. observe
   3. observing
   4. observed
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   to observe

   The verb “enable” requires an object followed by a to-infinitive.

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

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   If the resort ___ only on skiing, it would attract fewer non-skiing visitors.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. relied
   2. relies
   3. relying
   4. has relied
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   relied

   The second conditional uses a past-tense form in its hypothetical if-clause.

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

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   The activities, many of ___ are suitable for families, broaden the destination’s appeal.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. which
   2. what
   3. whose
   4. where
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   which

   A nonrestrictive relative clause referring to things requires “which.”

What to review next

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