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Fill in the blank below with the appropriate simple past tense form of the verb 'move'.

Cevap:Adeola has not visited her hometown since she 【moved】 to Lagos two years ago.

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moved
The correct verb form is 'moved'. In English grammar, when a main clause uses the present perfect tense to express an uncompleted action or state up to the present ('has not visited'), the subordinate clause introduced by the temporal conjunction 'since' must use the simple past tense to indicate the specific starting point in the past.

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1
Analyze the sentence structure and time marker.
The main clause 'Adeola has not visited her hometown' uses the present perfect tense and is linked by the time marker 'since'.
When 'since' introduces a subordinate clause specifying a starting point in past time, the action in that clause represents a completed past event.
2
Determine the appropriate verb form for the subordinate clause.
The simple past tense form of 'move' is 'moved'.
A time clause introduced by 'since' marking a completed point in the past (supported by 'two years ago') requires the simple past tense.

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Sequence of tenses using the conjunction 'since' with present perfect main clause and simple past subordinate clause.
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