IPMAT Indore 2023
VA
Sentence Correction
Easy
Justin couldn’t understand why his friend had refused to work in a company that offered him a huge salary. If it had been him in his friend’s place, he would definitely accepted such an offer.
Justin couldn’t understand why his friend had refused to work in a company that offered him a huge salary. If it had been him in his friend’s place, he would definitely accepted such an offer.
Correct Option: 4
The correct option is 'have definitely accepted such an offer' which fits the structure of the third conditional sentence indicating a hypothetical past. Here are the explanations:
- 'have definitely accept' is grammatically incorrect as it mixes the base form of the verb ('accept') with the auxiliary 'have' which should be followed by the past participle.
- 'have definitely have accepted' is redundant and grammatically incorrect because it repeats the auxiliary 'have'.
- 'definitely accepted' is missing the auxiliary 'would have' necessary to form the third conditional.
- 'have definitely accepted' correctly uses the past participle 'accepted' after the modal 'would have', which is required for the third conditional structure.
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