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Like other amphibians, the wood frog (Rana sylvatica) is unable to generate its own heat, so during periods of subfreezing temperatures, it blank by producing large amounts of glucose, a sugar that helps prevent damaging ice from forming inside its cells.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
had survived
survived
would survive
survives
Like other amphibians, the wood frog ( Rana sylvatica ) is unable to generate its own
Medium-difficulty · SAT Reading & Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense — Logical sentence placement. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is the use of verbs to express tense. In this choice, the present tense verb “survives” correctly indies that the wood frog regularly survives subfreezing temperatures by producing large amounts of glucose.
Choice A is incorrect because the past perfect verb “had survived” doesn’t indie that the wood frog regularly survives subfreezing temperatures by producing large amounts of glucose. Choice B is incorrect because the past tense verb “survived” doesn’t indie that the wood frog regularly survives subfreezing temperatures by producing large amounts of glucose. Choice C is incorrect because the conditional verb “would survive” doesn’t indie that the wood frog regularly survives subfreezing temperatures by producing large amounts of glucose.
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