Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tenacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
A) extending
B) extends
C) extended
D) it extended
E) is extending
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The sentence checks for parallelism and Tense .
Verb tense used here is present perfect and the organism is still living so the past tense EXTENDED is not required .
eliminate C and D .
In E the use of verb IS will make the phrase in to a clause and then the sentence will be a run on sentence since no comma is used before and . So eliminate E .
Between A and B .
I will go with A as it is present continuous tense and keeping in mind that the organism is still living makes more sense .
Verb tense used here is present perfect and the organism is still living so the past tense EXTENDED is not required .
eliminate C and D .
In E the use of verb IS will make the phrase in to a clause and then the sentence will be a run on sentence since no comma is used before and . So eliminate E .
Between A and B .
I will go with A as it is present continuous tense and keeping in mind that the organism is still living makes more sense .
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