Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction - Discussion

Explanation:

Original sentence: “The small child does whatever his father was done.” So, “was done” is incorrect here.
Corrected sentence: “The small child does whatever his father has done”.
“Has done” (present perfect) is used to indicate actions completed by the father up to the present, which the child now imitates.
Did → simple past; less appropriate because it doesn’t connect past actions to the present.
Does → present tense; incorrect here.
Had done → past perfect; implies a time before another past event, not suitable.
So, “has done” is the correct answer.

The appropriate answer is "does" because;

1. Small child is in the learning process so he will do those actions which are present.
2. In this sentence habit is discussed so present simple should be used.
3. Father is third-person singular so we use does instead of doing.

@ALL.

Not sure why most of the people say it is "does".

I suppose it should be "did".

The small child does whatever his father "DID".

Because the action of the kid is after the completion of father's action or while processing it.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

@ALL.

Not sure why most of the people say it is "does".

I suppose it should be "did".

The small child does whatever his father "DID".

Because the action of the kid is after the completion of father's action or while processing it.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Even my thought also same thing as said.

Why not like this "the small child does whatever his father did". Even I agree with option C also correct, but my mind say's this is also correct. Little more clarification for option B.

Generally, there are a lot of opinions to the reader but according to the rule, if principle clause is in the present tense, the sub-ordinate clause is also in the present tense. Here sentence denotes profession of the child.

His father was done. Here was is past tense and done is past participle so it doesn't work past+present only here work then 3rd person singular (his father) so we use does (it is a present tense of done).

@All.

Here, "was done" is in the passive voice and past tense. The sentence is about the child imitating the father's actions in the present. So, Voice to use is the simple present active: "does".

Does is the correct option because it is in simple present where as did and had done are in past. And has done is in present perfect.
And father is a third person so the word does is correct.

Sort of parallelism, I think.

Since the first verb is "does", it's present tense, then the next should be also in present tense since both verbs are still in the same clause.