Question

    1. Visitors acquainted with the history of the Brazilian

    city of Campinas will probably find it hard to imagine that it was once home to ancient wooden sugar mills and slave-run coffee plantations.  2. Despite recent achievements, Brazil still needs to overcome challenges to improve its innovation system. 3. Embattled Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull said he will soon call a meeting to determined the leadership of the ruling Liberal party.  In the question below, three statements are given which may or may not contain an error. Choose the option that provides the correct combination of sentences that are grammatically correct. 
    A Only 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only 1 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All are incorrect Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    (b) is the right answer as both (1) and (2) are grammatically correct.  In (3), we need to replace DETERMINED with DETERMINE as the infinitive construction TO + VERB, always takes the base form of the verb. Thus, (b) is the right answer.

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