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Question 26

Years of loud concerts have ____ his hearing more than he admits.

  1. hurted
  2. hurtCorrect answer
  3. hurting

Explanation

Have needs a past participle, and this is one of the verbs whose three forms are identical, so nothing is added to the base. Hurted regularises a verb that never takes -ed, and the -ing form would require an extra been (have been hurting) and would describe an action still in progress instead of damage already done.

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