Question

North Korea still ......... a vast police state that.......... a network of concentration camps a. was maintaining / has included b. had maintained / would include c. is maintaining / had included d. maintains / includes e) maintained / will include

Answer 1

The correct answers for the blanks given in the sentence are as follows:-

North Korea still maintained a vast police state that will include a network of concentration camps.

• tense indicates the past, present and future of a verb form

• past tense indicates something that happened earlier, and not anymore

• present tense indicates something that is occurring in the current time cycle

• future tense indicates something that is yet to happen

Answer 2

North Korea still maintains a vast police state that includes a network of concentration camps spanning the country.