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Step 1: Analyze question 29. The sentence is "Margaret ______ usually come by bus." "Come" is a verb. "Margaret" is a singular subject. For a negative statement in the simple present tense, we use "does not" or "doesn't" for singular subjects. The correct option is A. A. doesn't Step 2: Analyze question 30. The sentence is "They ______ at home last night." "Last night" indicates past tense. "At home" describes a state of being. For a negative statement about a state of being in the past for a plural subject ("They"), we use "were not" or "weren't". The correct option is B. B. weren't Step 3: Analyze question 31. The sentence is "What ______ you say?" This is a question about a past action. The base form of the verb "say" is used. The auxiliary verb for simple past questions is "did". The correct option is D. D. did Step 4: Analyze question 32. The sentence is "Why ______ crying?" "Crying" is a present participle, indicating a continuous tense. The sentence is a question. For a present continuous question with "you", the structure is "Why are you crying?". The correct option is A. A. are you Step 5: Analyze question 33. The sentence is "Where ______ to spend your holidays next summer?" "Next summer" indicates a future plan or intention, often expressed with "be going to". The sentence is a question. For a question about future plans with "you", the structure is "Where are you going to spend...". The correct option is B. B. are you going Step 6: Analyze question 34. The sentence is "______ never been to the theatre before." "Never been" indicates the present perfect tense (have + past participle). The contraction for "I have" is "I've". The correct option is D. D. I've Step 7: Analyze question 35. The sentence is "Bata shoes ______ in Gweru." This describes a general fact about the shoes, implying a passive voice (shoes are manufactured). "Bata shoes" is plural. The present simple passive form for plural subjects is "are made". The correct option is A. A. are made Step 8: Analyze question 36. The sentence is "After the speech, Mario asked a ______ to Sydney." When someone "asks", they typically ask a "question". The correct option is C. C. question Step 9: Analyze question 37. The sentence is "Where ______ when you met him?" "When you met him" indicates a past event. The question asks about his continuous state of living at that specific past time, requiring the past continuous tense. For a singular subject "he", the past continuous question form is "was he living". The correct option is C. C. was he living Step 10: Analyze question 38. The sentence is "If ______, I'll tell him you called." This is a first conditional sentence, which uses "If + present simple, will + base verb". The second clause "I'll tell him you called" uses "will". Therefore, the "if" clause must be in the present simple tense. The correct option is B. B. I see him Step 11: Analyze question 39. The question asks to identify the verb in the sentence "Jill sets the pen on the table?". A verb is an action word. "Jill" is a noun, "pen" is a noun, "table" is a noun. "Sets" is the action performed by Jill. The correct option is D. D. sets Step 12: Analyze question 40. The sentence is "Wine ______ made in Italy for thousands of years." "Wine" is a singular subject. "For thousands of years" indicates a duration that continues up to the present, requiring the present perfect tense. The sentence is in the passive voice. The correct present perfect passive form for a singular subject is "has been made". The correct option is C. C. has been That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.