The verb form in “has been criticized” (2nd paragraph) is in the:
- A simple past, active voice;
- B simple past, passive voice;
- C present perfect, active voice;
- D present perfect, passive voice;
- E present continuous, passive voice.
The verb form in “has been criticized” (2nd paragraph) is in the:
A Harvard team has realized a milestone in the quest for stable, scalable quantum computing. For the first time, the team has created a programmable, logical quantum processor, capable of encoding up to 48 logical qubits, and capable of executing hundreds of logical gate operations. Their system is the first demonstration of large-scale algorithm execution on an error-corrected quantum computer, heralding the advent of early fault-tolerant, or reliably uninterrupted, quantum computation.
Internet: <sciencedaily.com> (adapted).
Considering the information stated in the text above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.
The verb “realized” (first sentence of the text) could be replaced with reached a milestone without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Analyze the sentences of text 1:
I. “Oprah has joined forces with Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, and Scott Sanders to bring The Color Purple musical”
II. "In 1985, Oprah made her acting debut as Sofia in Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel—and earned an Academy Award nomination. "
III. “Celie, the protagonist of The Color Purple, endures the unimaginable while growing up in rural Georgia—and triumphs, thanks in part to the support of the book’s other women protagonists, Sofia and Shug Avery.”
Concerning the Present Perfect, analyze the following items.
I. We use the present perfect to talk about situations continuing up to now.
II. We often use the present perfect for actions repeated up to now.
III. We do not use the present perfect when we say how long they have lasted.
The CORRECT item(s) is(are):