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Which of the following verb forms correctly completes the sentence below?

"It is high time the university Senate ______ the outdated academic curriculum to align with global industry standards."

  1. A
    revises
  2. revisedCevap
  3. C
    revise
  4. D
    should revise

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The correct verb form is 'revised'.
The verb form 'revised' is correct because the structure 'It is high time + subject' requires the unreal past (past simple tense) to express that an action is overdue.

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1
Identify the key introductory expression in the sentence structure.
The sentence begins with 'It is high time', followed by a subject ('the university Senate').
The expression 'it is high time' dictates specific tense rules in English grammar.
2
Apply the grammatical rule for 'it is high time' followed by a noun/pronoun subject.
When a personal subject follows 'it is high time', the verb must take the Simple Past tense (unreal past) to indicate an urgent or overdue action.
Although the time reference is present or future, the past tense form expresses the hypothetical/unreal state.
3
Select the simple past form among the choices.
'revised' is the simple past form of the verb 'revise'.
Forms like 'revises', 'revise', and 'should revise' violate this specific syntactic constraint.

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Unreal Past Tense with 'It is high time / It is time'
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