Border Patrol Entrance Exam Prep

Category - Border Patrol Entrance

Choose the best way to improve the italicized word in the following sentence.

"Los agentes detectaron el contrabando antes de abrir la maleta."

  1. abriendo
  2. abrirá
  3. abriremos
  4. abrió
  5. No es necesario hacer ninguna corrección
Explanation

Answer: E - The correct answer to this item is response E because the infinitive form of the verb, abrir, must be used after the preposition de. Incorrect forms of the verb have been used in the other responses; namely, response A (gerund), response B (future imperfect), response C (future imperfect), and response D (preterite indefinite).

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