Question

mobile phones ______popular in India in the last five years
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Answer 1

Answer:

mobile phones are popular in India in the last five years

Answer 2

Answer:

"Have become" is the correct phrase to use to fill in the blank with.

Explanation:

• The given sentence is written in the third person because it refers to a person who is neither the speaker nor the writer of the speech in which they occur, nor the person to whom that speech is addressed; rather, it refers to someone else entirely.
• Since this sentence is about something that is not internal to the speaker, it is written in the third person.
• Because of this, it is imperative that the third person form of the verb "to be" be utilized.
• Since "mobile phones" is a plural noun, the third person plural, "have become," is the only option for filling in the blank.

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