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Choose one answer to complete each sentence.

1. The bridge ___ in 1998.

   was built / is building / has build

   Show answer and explanation

   Correct answer: was built

   The passive uses be + past participle. Choose the tense of be to match the time. The past perfect passive uses had been + past participle for an earlier past action.

2. If I had more time, I ___ another language.

   will learn / would learn / had learned

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   Correct answer: would learn

   For an unreal present situation, use if + past simple and would + base verb. For an unreal past situation, use if + past perfect and would have + past participle.

3. The ground is wet. It must ___ during the night.

   rain / have rained / raining

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   Correct answer: have rained

   For past deduction, use must have + past participle for a strong positive inference and cannot have for impossibility. In past reported speech, will usually becomes would and am/is becomes was.

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