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Correct option: D — witnesses could identify

‘Witness’ is a person who sees something happen and who can tell other people about it later. However, the given sentence needs a ‘noun’ and not a ‘verb’. Hence, the verb ‘witnessed’ must be replaced with the noun ‘witness’ & ‘witnesses could identify’ becomes the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — least expensive

‘Superlative degree adjective’ denotes the form of an adjective that expresses the highest or a very high degree of quality of a thing, person, etc. For example, best, worst, greatest, most, least, etc. However, we always place the definite article ‘the’ before any superlative adjective. Similarly, in the given sentence, ‘least’ is the superlative degree adjective. Hence, ‘the least expensive’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: A — many old poets, such as Tennyson and Browning, have

According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement Rule”, a singular subject always takes a singular verb and a plural subject always takes a plural verb. In the given sentence, ‘poets’ is a plural subject that will take ‘have’ as a plural verb. Hence, ‘many old poets, such as Tennyson and Browning, have’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: A — soaked from walking

‘Preposition + V - ing’ is the correct grammatical structure for the given sentence. Hence, ‘soaked from walking(V - ing)’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: D — who are part of the cricket crowds, some of whom are presumably born in England

If the relative pronoun is followed by a ‘verb’, then the relative pronoun must be ‘who’ and if it is followed by a noun or pronoun, then the relative pronoun must be ‘whom’. Hence,‘who are(verb) part of the cricket crowds, some of whom are presumably born in England’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — No improvement

No improvement. The given sentence is grammatically correct.

Correct option: C — "She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful”

‘If + Subject + Plural Verb’ is the correct grammatical structure for the given sentence. Hence, ‘She would have been a great sister if she(subject) were(plural verb) just a bit more careful’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: A — has been steadily

The given sentence needs an adverb(steadily) to modify the verb(increasing) and not an adjective(steady). Hence, ‘has been steadily increasing’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: D — less tragic than

The adjective in the sentence is tragic. The adjective will be used in the comparative form. To make the comparative of tragic we will add “less” before it.Hence, ‘less tragic than’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: A — She remarked that she had visited that museum the previous week.

She remarked that she had visited that museum the previous week. (Correct) (b) She remarked that I had visited that museum last week. (Incorrect Pronoun) (c) She remarked that she visited that museum the previous week. (Incorrect Tense) (d) She remarked that she has visited that museum the previous week. (Incorrect Tense)