VeritasKarishma wrote:
eybrj2 wrote:
The Neanderthals, once considered dull-witted brutes, are now known
to have had brains fully as large as our own.
(A) to have had brains
(B) as having brains that are
(C) to have brains that were
(D) that their brains were
(E) that they had brains that were
I googled this question and found out that the reason why C wasn't the answer was that "were" was inconsistent with other verb tense. According to what I found, "were" should be "are", which is present tense.
So if "were" were "are", could C be the answer?
Also, I am confused why we need present perfect tense instead of simple present tense ?( I am talking about A)
"to have had" is perfect infinitive which we use when reporting an earlier event in passive voice.
The form of perfect infinitive is "to have + ed form of verb"
e.g.
Active - They know that A had a big brain.
Passive - A is known to have had a big brain.
Earlier event - A had a big brain. We are reporting it in passive voice so we use "is known to have had"
Active - They believe that the previous documents had errors.
Passive - The previous documents are believed to have had errors.
Hence (A) is correct.
Try to read high quality literature regularly to develop an ear for these kind of constructs. There is only so much "grammar" that you can work on.
Hi
VeritasKarishma ma'm
Query1: Please share your comments on present perfect passive tense. Passive(1) should be correct?
Active - They know that A
have a big brain.
Passive (1)- A is known to
have have a big brain. -- this should be correct but I never heard for present as such.
or
Passive - A is known to
have a big brain. --> but here why have have logic is not applicable?
Active - They believe that the previous documents have errors.
Passive(1) - The previous documents are believed to
have errors. -- this should be correct but I never heard for present as such.
or
Passive - The previous documents are believed to
have have errors. - but here why have have logic is not applicable?
Query2:E.g. I have
have lunch
replace
have with
eatenI have
eaten lunch -- it is easy to understand.
passive: Lunch have been
have by me?-- is this construction correct?
If I imagine have --> eaten
Lunch have been
eaten by me --seems correct now
Am I right?
Query3: For this current question, can I replace have with another word to understand the meaning easily?
The Neanderthals, once considered dull-witted brutes, are now known to have
EXISTED brains fully as large as our own.
is this method correct and make sense?
Please share your opinion.
Thanks!
VeritasKarishma
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26 Mar 2021, 06:36
