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In 1822, French scholar Jean-François Champollion finally cracked the code of the Rosetta Stone, a discovery that unlocked the mysteries of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. For years, scholars had struggled to decipher the symbols, believing they were purely pictorial. Champollion, however, realized that the hieroglyphs represented phonetic sounds as well as ideographic concepts. Working tirelessly with copies of the inscriptions, he isolated the cartouches containing royal names and compares them to the Greek text to confirm his hypothesis.

Which of the following is the correct form of the underlined word?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. comparedCevap
  3. C
    comparing
  4. D
    compare

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The past tense verb 'compared' is correct because it maintains tense consistency with the past-tense narrative established in the paragraph and parallels the verb 'isolated' within the compound predicate.
The correct verb form 'compared' is in the past tense, which matches the historical timeframe of the passage ('cracked', 'struggled', 'realized', 'isolated') and maintains grammatical parallelism with the verb 'isolated' in the compound predicate.

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1
Analyze the context and surrounding sentences to determine the overall narrative timeframe.
The paragraph describes a historical event in the past (1822) and uses past tense verbs such as 'cracked,' 'unlocked,' 'struggled,' and 'realized.'
This establishes that the narrative timeframe is the historical past, meaning verbs describing these events must be in the past tense unless there is a logical reason to shift tenses.
2
Identify the subject and grammatical structure of the target sentence.
The target sentence contains a compound predicate sharing the singular subject pronoun 'he' (referring to Champollion): 'he isolated... and [underlined word]'.
This indicates that the underlined verb must be singular to agree with 'he' and must be grammatically parallel to 'isolated'.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the form that is past tense, singular, and parallel to 'isolated'.
The word 'compared' is the past tense form that matches 'isolated' and maintains consistency with the historical context.
Choosing 'compared' resolves the tense shift error, ensures correct subject-verb agreement, and maintains parallel structure.

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