International - Quizzes (S/P) - Part 74

Cuckoos use the nests of other birds. Cuckoos are brood parasites, which means they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds to avoid having to raise their own young. This is called brood parasitism.

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Cuckoos use the nests of other birds. Cuckoos are brood parasites, which means they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds to avoid having to raise their own young. This is called brood parasitism.

The sentence "When the doorbell rang, I was having my bath" uses the past and past continuous verbs "rang" and "was having".

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The sentence "When the doorbell rang, I was having my bath" uses the past and past continuous verbs "rang" and "was having".

The correct answer is "He was singing when I entered the room". The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing action that was interrupted by another action. In this sentence, the singing was interrupted by the speaker entering the room.

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The correct answer is "He was singing when I entered the room". The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing action that was interrupted by another action. In this sentence, the singing was interrupted by the speaker entering the room.

The correct sentence is "The train had left before I reached the station". The sentence uses past perfect tense for the train leaving the station and simple past tense for reaching the station.

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The correct sentence is "The train had left before I reached the station". The sentence uses past perfect tense for the train leaving the station and simple past tense for reaching the station.

They came and disturbed me when I was preparing my lessons.

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They came and disturbed me when I was preparing my lessons.

He has been suffering from illness since Monday last.

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He has been suffering from illness since Monday last.

I wish I were the Prime Minister.

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I wish I were the Prime Minister.

They came when I was writing the essay.

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They came when I was writing the essay.

It has been raining for the last one hour.

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It has been raining for the last one hour.

Seasonal unemployment is a common occurrence in the agricultural sector. This is because agricultural activities are season-specific, with more work available in some months than others. Seasonal unemployment can also occur in other sectors, such as ice-cream factories and woollen factories. It can also affect people working in jobs that support outdoor activities during mild weather, but disappear during colder, stormy seasons.

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Seasonal unemployment is a common occurrence in the agricultural sector. This is because agricultural activities are season-specific, with more work available in some months than others. Seasonal unemployment can also occur in other sectors, such as ice-cream factories and woollen factories. It can also affect people working in jobs that support outdoor activities during mild weather, but disappear during colder, stormy seasons.