The First Sentence in Each Set Contains a Two-Part Verb

question 67

Multiple Choice

The first sentence in each set contains a two-part verb (to have and a past participle) . The second sentence contains a fixed-form helping verb and a blank. Select the correct form of the main verb for the second sentence.
-Ellen has practiced flips for hours. Ellen could ___________________ flips for hours.

• A) practice
• B) practices
• C) practiced

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Definitions:

Dryopithecines

A group of extinct apes known from fossil records, believed to be ancestral to modern great apes and humans, dating to the Miocene epoch.

Hominoids

A group within the order of primates that includes apes and humans, characterized by greater mobility of the shoulder joint and absence of a tail.

Genus Pongo

The taxonomic group that includes the great apes known as orangutans, native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

Orangutans

Large apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia, known for their red-brown hair and highly intelligent, solitary behavior.