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[#256] Read the following situation and form a question using the words given below: Some friends of yours are having a party next week. You ask: ___________________ (how many people / invite)

(A) How many people do you invite?

(B) How many people will you have invited?

(C) How many people invited will be?

(D) How many people will you invite?

Correct Answer

(D) How many people will you invite?

[#257] For decades, researchers . . . . . . . . to wrest predictions from string theory, the leading candidate for a more fundamental understanding of the universe.

(A) have tried

(B) tried

(C) were trying

(D) had tried

Correct Answer

(C) were trying

[#258] Choose the correct present perfect or simple past form of the verb from the alternatives given. Yesterday I ________ Jolly at the swimming pool.

(A) have met

(B) has met

(C) met

(D) meet

Correct Answer

(C) met

[#259] Correct the underlined part of the sentence, if necessary: Diane hasn't been at work yesterday.

(A) didn't be

(B) hadn't been

(C) wasn't

(D) no error

Correct Answer

(C) wasn't

[#260] Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:Yesterday at this time, it ________.

(A) had snowed

(B) snows

(C) snowed

(D) was snowing

Correct Answer

(D) was snowing