Is your Medicare Advantage plan ending next year? Here's what to know

Study the questions and tasks

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Practice level

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Question formats

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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.

   Had beneficiaries compared the alternatives earlier, they ___ the disruption more effectively.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. would manage
   2. would have managed
   3. will have managed
   4. had managed
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   would have managed

   The mixed conditional requires a past perfect condition and present consequence.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The plans, many of ___ are ending, serve millions of Americans.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. which
   2. whom
   3. whose
   4. what
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   Blank 1

   whom

   A nonrestrictive relative clause after “many of” requires whom.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Insurers withdrew from several markets, ___ beneficiaries to reconsider their coverage.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. force
   2. to force
   3. forcing
   4. forced
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   Blank 1

   forcing

   The participial clause expresses the consequence of insurers’ withdrawal.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   It is essential that beneficiaries ___ the alternatives before enrollment closes.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. examined
   2. examine
   3. will examine
   4. examining
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   Blank 1

   examine

   After “It is essential that,” formal English uses the mandative subjunctive.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The greater the local variation, ___ the need for careful comparison.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. more urgent
   2. the more urgent
   3. the most urgent
   4. most urgently
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   Blank 1

   the more urgent

   Correlative comparatives require “the greater” and “the more.”

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Only after reviewing the available plans ___ the beneficiaries recognize the differences.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. did
   2. had
   3. were
   4. have
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   did

   A fronted restrictive phrase triggers subject–auxiliary inversion.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The article avoids ___ a single estimate as definitive.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to present
   2. present
   3. presenting
   4. presented
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   Blank 1

   presenting

   The verb “avoid” takes a gerund rather than an infinitive complement.

8. Question 8 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Insurers may withdraw, ___ the market ceases to be profitable.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. should
   2. would
   3. having
   4. unless
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   should

   “Should” introduces a formal conditional clause meaning “if.”

What to review next

After checking an answer, explain the rule in your own words and write a new sentence using the same pattern. Revisit any rules you could not explain.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.