Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: more than one and half hour
Explanation:
Given data
Concept / Approach
The idiomatic measure phrase is ‘‘one and a half’’ and, despite ‘‘one’’, the head noun is plural in form (‘‘hours’’). Verb choice ‘‘need’’ is acceptable colloquially, though ‘‘take’’ is more natural.
Step-by-step evaluation
Correct form → ‘‘more than one and a half hours’’.Thus, Part B is the error: ‘‘more than one and half hour’’.
Correction
‘‘The test will not need/take more than one and a half hours to finish.’’
Common pitfalls
Final Answer
more than one and half hour
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