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One of the robbers who snatched the car has been arrested by the police. "Has" is used here because the subject "one of the robbers" is singular and the relative clause "who snatched the car" does not affect the verb form.

A student at the back of the class complained that he could not hear the teacher. "could" is the modal auxiliary that demonstrates ability. Using "could not" demonstrates the student's inability to hear the teacher.

"However hard" shows that regardless of the level of effort or intensity of trying, the little boy was unable to move the heavy stone. So, the completed sentence reads: "The little boy could not move the heavy stone however hard he tried."

The correct pronoun to use is "each other." Therefore, the complete and grammatically correct sentence is: "The two girls have not been speaking to each other since their quarrel." The reciprocal pronoun "each other" is used traditionally for two people while "one another" is used for three or more people.

The word "information" is uncountable, so it does not have a plural form. The correct sentence is: We received information that the workers would soon go on strike.

The phrase "dabble in" means to take part in or engage in an activity superficially and without vested interest.

The government has set up a five-man panel to investigate that fire incident. "Five-man" is a compound adjective that describes the panel, and compound adjectives use hyphens. The term refers to a panel consisting of five men.

To round off something means to bring it to a pleasing or satisfactory conclusion. Example: The meal was rounded off with a delicious dessert. So, in the sentence: The Students Week was rounded ___ with a dance The most appropriate completion is: The Students Week was rounded off with a dance.

The phrase "coming around" is an idiom that means that someone is regaining consciousness after being unconscious.

The phrase "to take something lying down" is an idiom that means to accept something without protest or resistance. In the context of the sentence, the factory workers are not willing to accept the sacking of their colleagues passively or without taking action.

Seun accepted the conditions we gave him much too quickly for my liking. "Much too + [adverb]" is the correct pattern for this expression. The sentence shows that Seun accepted the conditions too hastily.

The careless manager has caused his bank to lose millions of naira. Lose is the base form of the verb. The base form should be used in the to-infinitive form.

The phrase "either...or" is used to show a choice between two alternatives. In this sentence, "Both questions are alternatives; you answer either one or the other".

"lay" is the past tense of "lie" (to recline or be in a resting position). The completed sentence is: "The sick man lay in bed for three months"

In this sentence, the correct verb form to use is "struck" because past participle of the verb "strike". Coupled with the auxiliary verb "has", they make the past perfect form.