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Difficulty: EasyVerb Tense and Consistency

Analyze the passage below to determine the correct form of the verb 'provide' that maintains tense consistency, and type the correct word in the blank.

Answer:In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft to study the outer solar system. The probe sent back stunning images of Jupiter's moons and 【provided】 valuable data about the rings of Saturn.

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provided
The correct answer is 'provided' because the paragraph describes actions that occurred in the past, as indicated by the verbs 'launched' and 'sent.' To maintain consistency, the final verb in the sentence must also be in the simple past tense.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the tense of the surrounding verbs in the passage.
The verbs 'launched' and 'sent' are in the simple past tense.
Establishing the tense of the context determines the correct tense for the verb in the blank.
2
Conjugate the verb 'provide' to match the past tense of the other verbs in the sentence.
The past tense form of 'provide' is 'provided'.
Using 'provided' maintains tense consistency across the compound predicate 'sent back... and provided...'

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Verb Tense and Consistency
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