Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.
We have heard that some statues have stolen with this ancient temple.
Option 1: having been stolen from
Option 2: have been stolen from
Option 3: No improvement required
Option 4: Have been stolen with
Correct Answer: have been stolen from
Solution : The second option is correct.
Replace "have stolen with" with "have been stolen from" to make the sentence correct. The given sentence is formed in the passive voice structure of the present perfect tense and describes an action that has started in the past and whose result has effects in the present. Hence, have been should be used
Therefore, the correct sentence is: We have heard that some statues have been stolen from this ancient temple.
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