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The fifties appear to have been.... GMAT paper test 1

The fifties - collective noun, it is a plural


idiom: x appears to be y


x appears to have been y

On seeing Halley’s comment..GMAT paper test 1

idiom : portent of.. never portent for.


portent = an indication or omen of..




he looked for a portent of impending doom


she believed dusk to be a portent of bad things to come...

If the ice of...GMAT paper test 1

subjunctive mood.. if a sentence uses a counterfactual or describes a situation that is not true. for instance using the words - if, were, desire that, lest that then use the plural form of the verb ’to be’..


If it were to rain, I would get completely drenched (not if it was to rain)


If he were to be the next Picasso, I would be very happy..


My parents desire that I be famous


She hopes that she not be chose for the committee