Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
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It ____ not look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man before ____ to import tea directly into Ireland. The option that will best fill the blanks in the above sentences would be:
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- may, has dared
- may, had dared
- might, have dared
- might, have ever dared
Correct Option: B
Sentence is given in two parts first one is given in the present tense and second part is given in the past tense. So options going against this are wrong. These options are (a), (c) and (d). In first blank ‘may’ fits well and in the second blank ‘had dared’ is grammatically right.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
It may not look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man before had dared to import tea directly into Ireland. The option that will best fill the blanks in the above sentences would be:
