English Grammar Cloze Test
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The findings, which contradict other studies that ---- marital satisfaction continues to decline with each additional child, ---- in a couple of journals.
A) suggested / had published
B) are suggested / are published
C) suggest / publish
D) have suggested / have been published
E) had suggested / published
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Hi SELİNAY, let's solve this together. First, let's read and analyze the sentence structure to understand what grammar rules are tested.
Sentence Structure Analysis
Let's isolate the main clause and the relative clauses to see how the subject and verbs connect.
Let's focus on the first blank first. The relative pronoun 'that' refers back to the plural noun, 'other studies'.
Since other studies are the ones doing the suggesting, this verb must be in the active voice. Studies suggest things; they are not suggested by the clause.
First Blank: Active Voice
Looking at option B, 'are suggested' is in the passive voice, so we can rule option B out immediately.
Eliminate B (passive 'are suggested')
Now let's examine the main clause of the sentence to determine the correct form for the second blank.
Step 2: The Main Clause
Here, our subject is 'the findings'. Findings cannot perform the action of publishing themselves. Instead, they are published by someone.
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