English Grammar Cloze Test

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02 Archaeologists ---- in a remote part of Indonesian Borneo have discovered what ---- the earliest known example of a successful amputation. A) worked / should have been B) working / may be C) to work / must be D) having worked / can be E) to be working / used to be

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The sentence describes archaeologists who are performing a task in Borneo, and then identifies their discovery. We need to fill in two blanks.

Archaeologists --- in a remote part of Indonesian Borneo have discovered what --- the earliest known example of a successful amputation.

Key focus: Participle phrases and modal verbs.

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Let's analyze the first blank. We need to describe the archaeologists who were performing the work. A present participle, working, acts as an adjective here.

Blank 1: Participle Phrase

$$Archaeologists \text{ working } \text{ in a remote part...}$$

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English
Topic
Grammar - Tense and Modals
Difficulty
Medium
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