Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
Ravi can’t come to the meeting as he was not well.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. couldn’t come.
- As there is “he was not well” a condition given in the statement, we need to keep the verb of the statement in simple past.
- "can't" is used for if the thing that will happen (future tense). whereas "couldn't" is used if the thing has already happened (past tense).
- So, the chosen option will improve the sentence grammatically and contextually.
The correct sentence will be-
Ravi couldn’t come to the meeting as he was not well.