Answer Choices
A) NO CHANGE
had shown
showed
would show
Explanation for Question 15 From the Writing Section on the 2021 May Sat (International)
Hey guys. So question 15 is just simply dealing with, 2 uh, tents. Uh, like, are we talking about past tense? 3 We're talking about present tense, future tense. 4 So this sentence says these scientists were concerned that the study 5 blank only the telescopes, 6 someone tastes something show. So what we see here is that we're talking in 7 the past tense, these scientists were concerned that this thing, 8 um, was, you know, like would do this. 9 So when we're talking to the past tense, uh, 10 we want, we don't want to say option a will show their work. 11 W we're not saying that the scientists were concerned, the study will show this 12 cause we'll show now brings us to the present tense. 13 Like I'm worried I will show. 14 Um, my I'm more that, 15 uh, my study will show this. They're saying that they're worried that their study 16 would show option. D they're not saying they're not, 17 they're not worried that the study showed something. 18 Um, because they're, they're worrying about what's going to happen. 19 Like then they're not saying they were worried that it showed this. 20 Um, they're worried that it would show this if they perform this study, 21 because our we're talking in the tens of like, in the past tense about 22 something that they thinking about doing, and in that same room, 23 it's not had shown. It's not, 24 they're not worried about that. The study had shown or showed their, 25 they were worried that it would show this, 26 uh, if this study, um, 27 if he were to use these observations, 28 so we need to look at like, how are they talking about this? 29 Like, are they talking about something that already happened? And based on the previous 30 sentence about like, what we're talking about, 31 that it was unwise has been so many hours trying to look at an 32 empty space. Um, and they should use observation time for other projects. 33 You know, that we've come up with.