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6. The correct answer is (C). In English, the verbs lie and lay are often confused. To lay means to
place something; to lie means to rest. The sentence should say that the body lies or rests in the
specified location.
(A) The preposition in has a meaning that is appropriate for this sentence.
(B) The subject of the clause introduced by where is vines, so have agrees with its subject. In addi-
tion, the expression have all but is idiomatically correct.
(D) In English, adjectives have three forms: the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.
For example:
great, greater, greatest
blue, bluer, bluest
old, older, oldest
good, better, best
The superlative form is used for comparison of three or more items. So here, it is correct to use the
superlative form of great to describe the war hero.
7. The correct answer is (B). She is a nominative case pronoun and cannot be used as the object of the
preposition by. The correct pronoun is her.
(A) Was written is a past tense verb that has as its subject number. Notice that the verb agrees with its
subject and that it correctly puts the action of writing the music (as opposed to performing it) in the past.
(C) As functions as a subordinate conjunction to introduce a clause that tells the reader what else goes
on as Sue and Reginald sing the final number.
(D) Their is a possessive pronoun that serves to identify bows. Notice that it is plural and agrees with
members.

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8. The correct answer is (D). Definite, an adjective, is intended here to modify answer. Since answer
is in this context a verb, you must use the adverb definitely.
(A) Had farmed correctly places the action of farming completely in the past: The owner did that
before he heard the company’s offer.
(B) More than is used here idiomatically.
(C) Listened puts this action entirely in the past, but the use of the simple past indicates that the
listening occurred after the 40 years of farming. And to is correctly used to form an idiomatic phrase.