I have some questions if you don't mind...

1) ..............., he decided not to swim.

a) The lake is very hot

b) the pond being so cold

c) he has been feeling very ill.

d) since the weather is quite good

e) As he doesn't like going out.

The answer key shows "b" is correct. But I don't understand why. That sentence seems wrong to me. (c can be acceptable to me)

The tense used in c is wrong – if it was “As he HAD been feeling very ill”, then it would have been correct as well. Since the pond was so cold, he decided not to swim is correct and is basically what choice b means by “The pond being so cold”. The “since/as in choice b is not stated or implicit.
2) If you had taken my advice those days .................. now.

a) You wouldn't be living in the streets.

b) You could be rich.

I know "a" is correct but not "b"? Again, it’s to do with the tense being used. “If you HAD taken my advice in those days, then you COULD HAVE been rich now” would be the correct form of choice b. The only way “you COULD be rich” is a correct answer would be the following: “If you take my advice, you could be rich”
So choice b would only hold in the present tense. Notice “those days” doesn’t come in then.
3) The fact that space exploration has increased since the 1960s............................................. ..... ....

a) is a representative of our small desire to learn more about our solar system.

b) Indicates that we are very enthusiastic to learn about our solar system.

The answer is "a" but I think "b" is correct.

Ok over here, I don’t think either choice is very good. I think in choice a, the “a” needs to be dropped out so the sentence would read as: “The fact that space exploration has increased since the 1960s is representative of our small desire to learn more about our solar system” Maybe the “a” being there is a typing error.

For b to be correct, it should be “we have become very enthusiastic” so it would read as “indicates that we have become very enthusiastic to learn about our solar system.”
4) ..........everyone developing many different skills, specialization came about as a result of agriculture and this gave rise

to the beginning of technology.

a) Notwithstanding b) Even though c) Nevertheless d) Although e) Instead of

Which one is correct I couldn't find.

None of these choices are correct. For this sentence to be correct, it has to be because of everyone developing new skills, or due to the fact that everyone was developing new skills, that specialization came about.

So the correct choice would be any of the following:
- As everyone was developing many different skills, specialization came about…
- Since everyone was developing many different skills, specialization came about…
- Due to the fact that everyone was developing many different skills, specialization came about…
- Because everyone was developing many different skills, specialization came about…

Thanks.


Hope that helps! Ask me in case you don’t understand any of this. 
AFFAN RASHID

for # 4,,,it could be 'notwithstanding' as it is more of a preposition. 'Nevertheless' could also be inserted but that is used as an adverb so to me not withstanding could be a more viable choice. for first 3 affan's logic seems quite good

I also agree with Brother Naveed.

Brother Affan Rashid, I would request you to review the sentence and tell me if you change your mind.

Regards,

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for # 1 its the adv of 'so' which makes it correct so ans is 'b'
for #2 i think 'b' is right for 'u wouldn't be living in streets now' means u were alluding to some improbable future event in the past which refutes and negates the very logic of the sentence,, so it must be the option 'b', because its really damn yankee english which confuses u, and ms sibga u might have downloaded these sentences from some US based URL
for#3 'a representative of ' is as good as 'an indicative of' , i think theres nothing wrong with the choice 'a' as the correct answer
for #4 naveed hassan is right

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which one is the best choice here?Thanks for your help.

Dinosaurs may have terrorized other creatures during their time on Earth, ---------- now it has emerged that some species had a taste for the flesh of their own kind.

A) unless
B) whether
C) because
D) even if
E) so that

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Why is #1 correct and #2 is incorrect?
1. If she has time, she could go to the party.
2. If she has time, she would go to the party.

Are these correct? If not, why? What do they mean?

3. If she had time, she might go to the party. (This is correct? How come 'might' is not in past tense? How come 'might' is not 'would'? )
4. If she had time, she can go to the party. (How come #3 is correct but #4 is not?)
5. If she had time, she should go to the party. (Is this correct? Why?)

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Strictly speaking, the modals are not tensed. However, they developed historically from tensed verbs. Each group below shows a "historical present / past" pair.

can / could
shall / should
will / would
may / might
must - not paired

In modern English, any of these can be used in a single clause sentence, but when it occurs in just one of two or more clauses in the same sentence, it needs to be matched correctly with the tense in the other clause.

Typically, when the accompanying clause is an "if" clause, the historical present tense forms go with present tense verbs, and historical past tense forms go with past tense verbs. However, "could" and "might", meaning "may" ("it is possible"), can be used with present tense verbs (as well as with past tense verbs). "should" has lost most of its force as a past tense and is better thought of as a present tense form in modern English, meaning "it is advisable". ("shall" is the least used of the modals shown above.) The result of all these historical changes is that in modern English we have far more choices in sentences with a present point of view than in those with a past point of view.

With this in mind we have:

If she has [present] time, she [can, could, (shall), should, will, may, might, must] go to the party. [not "would']

If she had [past] time, she [could, would, might] go to the party. [not "should"]

For reported speech we have the pairs:

He says that he [can, could, (shall), should, will, would, may, might, must] go to the party.

He said that he [could, could, (shall), should, would, would, might, might, must] go to the party.

Note how "can", "will", and "may" are restricted to the present, and the corresponding forms "could", "would", and "might" are used to report "can" or "could", "will" or "would", or "may" or "might" in the past.

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1-When public transport is better developed, there will no longer be so many cars driving people to work.
When public transport is better developed, there will no longer be any cars driving people to work.
(the previous alterations to this sentence are rightly pointed out in forming the correct structure)
2- The princesse's father was a good man and who was kind.
The princess' father was a good and kind man.(the Article is used before the first adjective only because the two of the adectives under consideration qualify the same noun man)
Other examples include, I have a red and blue ball,
But If we say - I have a black and a white cat (suggests that the speaker possesses two cats one black and the other white)
3- A morality play is where the characters represent virtue and vices.
In morality play the characters represent virtue and vices
Two things seem to be important in the formation of the above phrase.
Either the noun 'play' preceded by another noun is assumed in an abstract sense so as to be used in the widest sense Or in phrases consisting of a Preposition followed by its object, the article is ommited before the Common noun, such sentences are intended to be used for all persons and on all occasions alike
for instance He is over head and ears in debt, or in trouble. It would be better to go on horseback than on foot
4- A square is when all four sides are the same length.
The sqaure is when all four sides are (of) the same lenght (here the use of the definite article shows more of tendency than an indefinite one, after all the sentence needs no further correction if u ask me lolz)

6- To be honest, lies must never be told.
To be honest, we/one must never tell lies (it is certainly we who are not supposed to lie not the honesty in question itself
8-Passing by the damaged house, a brick fell on my shoulder.
While I was passing by the damaged house, a brick fell on my shoulder
Illustrations given below are good enough to satisfy my fellow men.
Running on the road, a cycle hit him.
While he was running on the road, a cycle hit him
Looking through the window, Mr.Adil was seen climbing the thick tree
While I was looking through the window, I saw Mr Adil climb the thick tree.(the preceding passive constuction turns into active changing the gerund 'climbing' to 'to climb' but the Perceiving verb 'see' doesnt stand any infinitive at all.
9-My cousin always has and always will be interested in the theatre.
My cousin always is and will be interested in the threatre
(spliting the sentence into halves can certainly lead to comprehend the idea, consider the following instance)
My cousin is interested in the theatre.
'is' is equal to 'will be' obviously, Thus we say
My cousin will be intersted in the theatre.

By annexing the two phrases, we may simply form the one stated in the answer

We would only use the prensent perfect, if we were to say
My cousin has been interested in the theatre for some time now



Mr.Adil talked about a brick that had hit him, frankly--no enmity--ok? did the brick have legs and.... sat on the wall waiting for Mr.Adil to come and be hit.

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