Texas Prosecutors May Seek Charges Against ICE Agent After Crash Injures Man

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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.

   The evidence ___ prosecutors to seek charges would need careful evaluation.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. recommend
   2. recommends
   3. recommended
   4. recommending
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   Blank 1

   recommend

   The mandative subjunctive follows “recommend,” requiring the base form.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The investigators' conclusion, ___ provisional, nevertheless altered the case's trajectory.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. being
   2. been
   3. be
   4. to be
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   Blank 1

   being

   The concessive participial phrase correctly modifies the conclusion.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Had the evidence been stronger, prosecutors ___ charges earlier.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. would have sought
   2. would seek
   3. will have sought
   4. had sought
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   Blank 1

   would have sought

   A past unreal conditional requires “would have” plus the past participle.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The statement is insufficient to establish ___ the agent committed an offense.

   Choices for blank 1

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

   whether

   “Whether” introduces the embedded clause concerning an unresolved alternative.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The article emphasizes that investigators are responsible for ___ evidence.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. gathering
   2. gather
   3. to gather
   4. gathered
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   Blank 1

   gathering

   The preposition “for” requires a gerund in this construction.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   It was only after reviewing the evidence that prosecutors ___ its sufficiency.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. did assess
   2. assessed did
   3. have assessed
   4. assess
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   Blank 1

   did assess

   The emphatic “only after” inversion requires auxiliary-subject order.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The potential charge is one ___ precise legal basis remains unclear.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. whose
   2. which its
   3. that its
   4. of which its
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   Blank 1

   whose

   “Whose” correctly marks possession within the relative clause.

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

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The district attorney spoke cautiously lest the statement ___ mistaken for a finding of guilt.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. be
   2. is
   3. was
   4. being
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   be

   “Lest” takes the plain subjunctive base form in formal English.

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.

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