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20 May 2022, 05:00
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Even though the renowned author wrote several long works of fiction, his collection of short stories, written from a hospital bed and extending over a mere six pages each, brought him the greatest acclaim.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) is extending
(E) were extending
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) is extending
(E) were extending
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20 May 2022, 05:19
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comma + written from a hospital bed and extending over a mere six pages each
Here, written is a "verb-ed modifier" and extending is a verb-ing modifier parallel to each other modifying the same noun collection of short stories.Here's an example of an official question testing same parallel verb-ed and verb-ing modifiers: Click here
04 Jun 2022, 18:15
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Official Explanation:
Answer: A
The phrase—written from a hospital bed and extending over a mere six pages each—is a modifying phrase that is describing the author’s short stories. Thus, we need participles in this phrase and not verbs. Options B, C, D and E all contain verbs and so are incorrect. Option A contains the present participle extending, which is parallel to the past participle written. Thus, A is the correct answer.
