IMF-World Bank Meetings Examine Global Risks and AI’s Potential Benefits

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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.

   Only after extensive testing ___ the agency approve the system for public use.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. did
   2. has
   3. would
   4. was
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   did

   Inversion after a negative adverbial requires auxiliary inversion before the subject.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The report recommends that every institution ___ responsibility for automated decisions.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. takes
   2. take
   3. took
   4. has taken
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   take

   The mandative subjunctive uses the base form after “recommends that.”

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

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   Had effective monitoring mechanisms existed, the errors ___ detected earlier.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. would be
   2. would have been
   3. will have been
   4. had been
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   would have been

   This mixed conditional requires “would have been” for an unreal past result.

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

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   The safeguards, ___ implementation requires substantial funding, remain under discussion.

   Choices for blank 1

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

   The nonrestrictive relative pronoun “whose” indicates the safeguards’ implementation.

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

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   The committee rejected the proposal, ___ its potential productivity gains.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. despite
   2. although
   3. because
   4. whereas
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   despite

   “Despite” must be followed by a noun phrase, whereas the alternatives require different structures.

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

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   The more widely such systems are deployed, ___ the need for transparent oversight becomes.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. greater
   2. the greater
   3. greatest
   4. greatly
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   the greater

   Correlative comparative structures require “the greater” in the second clause.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The minister insisted that no system ___ without an independent risk assessment.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. is deployed
   2. was deployed
   3. be deployed
   4. has deployed
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   be deployed

   The passive mandative construction requires “be deployed” after “insisted that.”

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