IPMAT Indore 2023
VA
Sentence Correction
Medium
My aunt Seema was the most generous of all the members of our family. Whenever we went out for dinner, she always insisted to pay for the meal.
My aunt Seema was the most generous of all the members of our family. Whenever we went out for dinner, she always insisted to pay for the meal.
Correct Option: 4
- 'on and paid for the meal' is incorrect because 'insisted on' would be followed by a gerund (-ing form), not a past tense verb, and the conjunction 'and' does not fit syntactically after 'insisted' in this context.
- 'that she had paid for the meal' is incorrect because it uses the past perfect tense, suggesting the action was completed before another action in the past, which is not the implied meaning here. After 'insisted', the correct form is 'insist that' + subjunctive mood.
- 'that she will be paying for the meal' is incorrect because it uses the future progressive tense after 'insisted,' which is not grammatically correct in this context. 'Insisted' is typically followed by the present subjunctive to express a demand or suggestion.
- 'that she pay for the meal' is correct. After verbs like 'insist,' the subjunctive mood is used, which in modern English typically looks like the base form of the verb. It expresses a demand or suggestion for the present or future, regardless of the main verb's tense.
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