Explanation

• The sentence uses the third conditional structure (If + past perfect, would/could/might + have + past participle) to talk about a hypothetical or unreal situation in the past.
• In the "if" clause ("If I had a degree"), the verb had is in the past perfect tense.

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Explanation

• "Enjoy" is present tense (matching with "travelers" – plural subject).
• "Made their way" correctly gives the completed past action they did during the journey.

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Explanation

• "Looking through an old album" is a present participle phrase describing the action happening.
• "Was amused" correctly gives the past passive reaction Alia had while looking.

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Explanation

• Correct sentence: What little correspondence survives from the expedition suggests that the route was abandoned abruptly.
• The subject is “What little correspondence survives from the expedition”, which is treated as singular.
• Therefore, the singular verb suggests is required.

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Explanation

• Correct sentence: The marginal signs are believed to have been added after the volume was rebound.
• “Are believed to have been added” is a passive infinitive construction used for an action believed to have occurred in the past.
• To have been + past participle is the correct structure for the perfect passive infinitive.

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Explanation

The reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.

Therefore, the verb in the reported speech also shifts one step back in tense:

"Am going" (present continuous) → "was going" (past continuous).

The pronoun "I" changes to "she" to match the subject.

Correct Answer: c) She said that she was going to the market.

Explanation

• Ahsan said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
• In indirect speech, past continuous (was digging) changes to past perfect continuous (had been digging).
• The reporting verb “said” keeps the sentence in past tense sequence.

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Explanation

• In the passive voice, the subject (my bed) receives the action.
• The verb structure changes to match the tense, making it "has been slept in."
• This construction is appropriate for the present perfect tense.

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Explanation

Active Voice: She was watching a film. (The subject "she" is performing the action)

Passive Voice: A film was being watched by her. (The subject "a film" is receiving the action)

In the passive voice, the focus is on the object (the film) rather than the subject (she).

Explanation

• Correct sentence: The pictures are hanging on the wall.
• On the wall is used when something is attached to or hanging on the surface of a wall.

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