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Complete the blank with respect to the tense of the sentence:
_______________________________________, if the rains continue for a couple of days more.
Complete the blank with respect to the tense of the sentence:
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Solution
The correct option is A The roads may get flooded
The given sentence describes a situation that can happen if the condition in the second part of the sentence is fulfilled.Option A is correct. The sentence speculates a probable result from a possible condition. In such a sentence, the if-clause is in the simple present while the main clause is in simple future. Option A is in simple future.Option B is incorrect. Since the sentence speculates a probable result, this means that the result is of the future, not the present.Option C is incorrect as the main clause here is in the past tense as oppose to simple future, The condition has not been met yet, so the roads could not have been flooded already.Option D is incorrect since the answer is A.
The given sentence describes a situation that can happen if the condition in the second part of the sentence is fulfilled.
Option A is correct. The sentence speculates a probable result from a possible condition. In such a sentence, the if-clause is in the simple present while the main clause is in simple future. Option A is in simple future.
Option B is incorrect. Since the sentence speculates a probable result, this means that the result is of the future, not the present.
Option C is incorrect as the main clause here is in the past tense as oppose to simple future, The condition has not been met yet, so the roads could not have been flooded already.
Option D is incorrect since the answer is A.
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