Answer:
Answer is in the explanation.
Explanation:
In grammatically correct sentences, subject and verb must agree in person (first, second, third) and in number (singular, plural). The given passage has three disagreements:
1) ...<em>the fate of the diamond were unknown</em>...
Since <em>the fate</em> is third-person singular it needs to be followed by a verb <em>was
</em>
2) <em>neither men or conflict have dimmed...
</em>
It is a general rule that when we have a neither/nor (either/or) construction, the verb agrees with the closest subject ( in this case<em> the conflict</em>) which is in the third person singular, so it needs to be followed by the verb<em> has</em>
3) ... <em>the twin eighty-year-old brothers suggests.</em>..
The subject here is<em> the twin brothers</em> (they) which is third person plural, so the following verb must be <em>suggest</em>
The words that best complete the blanks are "oriented," "enjoy," "donations," "collaborates," "deals," "touches," "complete," "enable," "rule," "observation."
<h3>How to choose the correct words for the blanks?</h3>
To do this kind of fill-in-the-blanks activity, some tips can be useful:
- Read the whole text and all the possible answer choices to get familiar with the theme and what is expected of you.
- Look up the meaning of words that are new to you.
- When in doubt, read the sentence aloud trying different answer choices. The one that sounds better is usually the correct answer.
- Look up possible combinations online. For example, if you type "rule of" on your browser, the search engine will complete it with "law," which means the best word to complete the blank is "rule."
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Answer:
The author starts with the main idea and gives evidence to support it.
