{"id":14494,"date":"2024-04-15T04:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=14494"},"modified":"2024-04-15T04:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:34:26","slug":"a-black-cow-that-in-the-field-for-some-time-did-not-return-home-in-the-evening-a-grazes-b-was-grazing-c-had-been-grazing-d-grazed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-black-cow-that-in-the-field-for-some-time-did-not-return-home-in-the-evening-a-grazes-b-was-grazing-c-had-been-grazing-d-grazed\/","title":{"rendered":"A black cow that . . . . . . . . in the field for some time did not return home in the evening. 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The verb <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> &#8220;graze&#8221; means to eat grass, and the past tense of &#8220;graze&#8221; is &#8220;grazed.&#8221; However, the sentence also tells us that the cow was grazing for some time, so we need a verb that indicates that the cow was grazing for an extended period of time. 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