Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Sentence Correction - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
Directions to Solve
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
1.
The small child does whatever his father was done.
Discussion:
96 comments Page 5 of 10.
Haseeb said:
8 years ago
Has done is the correct one.
SWARUP said:
8 years ago
Does is the correct answer. I agree.
Vicky said:
8 years ago
I agree @Uma.
Shivshankar said:
7 years ago
We are talking about the child in simple present tense, so the tense for father should also be simple present tense.
Abhay karena said:
7 years ago
This sentence belongs to simple present tense so does is replaced with was done.
Gerard said:
7 years ago
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.
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.
Zubair. said:
6 years ago
Here, the context is the habit of the child. Habitual action is expressed by simple present.
Pronab Kumar mondal said:
5 years ago
Which is correct? Please explain.
Harikrishna said:
1 decade ago
Because of that sentence in presentence so we have to use does.
Waghma said:
1 decade ago
I agree with Manas.
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