Paramount completes Warner Bros takeover after yearlong fight

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   ___ the prolonged negotiations, the companies finally completed the takeover.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. Having endured
   2. Have endured
   3. To having endured
   4. Enduring having
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   Having endured

   The participial clause correctly expresses an earlier completed process.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The article emphasizes that the deal ___ a significant structural shift.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. represent
   2. represents
   3. representing
   4. have represented
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   represents

   A singular subject requires the singular present-tense verb “represents.”

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

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   The takeover, which ___ roughly a year, was described as contested.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. last
   2. has last
   3. lasted
   4. lasting
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   lasted

   The relative clause requires the simple past for a completed duration.

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

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   The article avoids claiming that the deal will ___ every future consequence.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. determines
   2. determining
   3. determine
   4. determined
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   determine

   After “will,” the base-form verb is required.

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

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   The resulting group may have greater influence than either company ___ separately.

   Choices for blank 1

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

   The past perfect contrasts prior separate levels of influence.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Only after the fight ended ___ the transaction completed.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. the companies completed
   2. did the companies complete
   3. the companies had completed
   4. completed the companies
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   did the companies complete

   Negative-fronted inversion requires the auxiliary before the subject.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The article treats the confirmed completion as distinct from what ___ happen next.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. might
   2. might to
   3. might be to
   4. might has
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   might

   A modal requires the base form “might,” expressing future uncertainty.

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