In the interests of boosting attendance, the Boston Baseball Club has

Question

In the interests of boosting attendance, the Boston Baseball Club has lowered admission prices; baseball tickets  have been priced to sell and they are.

A. have been priced to sell and they are

B. are priced to sell, and they have

C. are priced to sell, and they do

D. are being priced to sell, and have

E. had been priced to sell, and they have

SiffyB · Accepted Answer

In the interests of boosting attendance, the Boston Baseball Club has lowered admission prices; baseball tickets  have been priced to sell and they are. 
 
A. have been priced to sell and they are -  present perfect tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and is continuing in the present or its effects are continuing in the present. So, the usage of this tense is correct. The problem is the usage of 'they are'. In such sentences, always try to place the verb at the end of they are. If it makes sense, then it's usage is correct. Consider this: 
 tickets have been prices to sell and they are sell.  Is this correct? Of course not. This option is incorrect for this reason.
 
B. are priced to sell, and they have -  The verb 'are' is correct here. Now, repeat the process mentioned in choice (A) to find out whether the sentence makes sense.
 tickets are priced to sell and they have sell . This is also incorrect. Option (B) can be easily eliminated for these reasons.
 
  C. are priced to sell, and they do    - This is the correct choice. Consider this sentence:  tickets are prices to sell and they do sell.  This sentence makes perfect sense!

D. are being priced to sell, and have -  are being priced is present continuous verb, i.e., the action is happeningright now. Well, maybe not! Also, you can apply the test explained in option (A) to determine whether the usage of 'and have' is correct. You will find out that it is not.

E. had been priced to sell, and they have -  past perfect tense 'had been priced' is incorrect as there is no other action happening in the past. verb they have is also incorrect.

PoojanB · Answer

Since all the underlined parts are ID clause, we can safely assume that they is referring to tickets.

have been-tense is right.club has lowered the price,tickets have been priced to sell and they ARE? the are at the end changes the tense from present perfect to continuous(In terms of Indirect speech)- the sentence tone is progressing from present perfect to simple present tense. Hence ARE is incorrect.

are- initial verb is ok.'Have' at the end again temper with progression of tense in the sentence.

do agree with the verb sale. Correct Choice

are being - present continuous. wrong tense. we don't know if the event is happening right now or not.

past perfect not required. Incorrect

NiftyNiffler · Answer

In the interests of boosting attendance, the Boston Baseball Club has lowered admission prices; baseball tickets  have been priced to sell and they are.

A. have been priced to sell and they are  (selling) -- We can't switch verb type in the conjunction and omit the verb. This also includes unnecessary tense change
 
B. are priced to sell, and they have   (sold)-- same as A

C. are priced to sell, and they do  -- parallel simple present verb tenses

D. are being priced to sell,  and have -- same as A

E. had been priced to sell, and they have  -- unnecessary past participle and present perfect tenses

jrk23 · Answer

i want to know is the usage of "have" in option "A" is correct or not.

Anyone please explain.

Aditi31 · Answer

I always get confused between the verbs, as in this question, I chose B. I have no concrete reason to choose B, other than the option seemed eloquent.

RonTargetTestPrep · Answer

The problem here is an exact functional copy of  this official problem .

There's no productive point in discussing a plagiarized rip-off of an official problem when there's a discussion thread on the original... Have a look through that thread; perhaps your question is answered in there somewhere (I haven't looked through it myself). If not, it'd be better to post your still-unanswered questions on that thread, not on this one.

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