Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
If the officer (a) .......... the bribe, he (b) ............. arrested. Now his family will also (c) .......... suffer. He must (d) ............. careful about it.
(a) (A) would not have taken (B) has not taken (C) did not take (D) had not taken
(b) (A) wouldn’t have been (B) is not (C) will not be (D) wouldn’t be
(c) (A) had to (B) get to (C) is to (D) have to
(d) (A) has been (B) have been (C) will have been (D) had been
Answer:
(a)
- (i) would not have taken - not used when something has already happened
- (ii) has not taken - not used with past tense
- (iii) did not take - not used with perfect tense
- (iv) had not taken - this is correct
Since the sentence is in the past perfect tense, ‘had not taken’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is (iv)had not taken.
(b)
- (i) wouldn’t have been - this is correct
- (ii) is not - not used with past tense
- (iii) will not be - not used with past tense
- (iv) wouldn’t be - not used with perfect tense
Since the sentence is in the past perfect tense, ‘wouldn’t have been’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is (i)wouldn’t have been.
(c)
- (i) had to - not used with future tense
- (ii) get to - verb (get) is not correct
- (iii) is to - not used with future tense
- (iv) have to - this is correct
Since the sentence is in simple future tense , ‘have to’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is (iv)have to.
(d)
- (i) has been - not used with must
- (ii) have been - this is correct
- (iii) will have been - not used with must
- (iv) had been - not used with must
Have is used with ‘must’, therefore ‘have been’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is (ii)have been.
Thus the correct paragraph is
If the officer had not taken the bribe, he wouldn’t have been arrested. Now his family will also have to suffer. He must have been careful about it.
