jush0611
TARGET730
The territory historically inhabited by the Kurdish people includes portions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
A. includes portions of
B. include
C. included portions of
D. included a portion of
E. including
What is wrong with C???
What is wrong with C???
And how do we know if it's past or present to be used??
aadikamagic
Is this q wrong. Why no one is providing any explanation for this? Whats the issue with "c" here?
The territory historically inhabited by the Kurdish people includes portions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
if we remove the modifier "historically inhabited by the Kurdish people"
The sentence becomes
The territory includes portions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
So either includes or included.
Present tense is required as the speaker is talking about the territory in present tense.
If it had been in past tense, it would have been:
The territory
when inhabited by the Kurdish people included portions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
So included is used to show the action happened in past tense.