Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as the answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
If you don't water your houseplants, they will dies.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. will die.
The correction "they will die" is needed because the verb "die" is in the base form, which is appropriate for the future tense construction "will die."
The original sentence incorrectly used "dies," which is the third-person singular present tense form and does not fit with the future tense structure of "will."
To form the simple future tense of a verb, you can use the auxiliary verb "will" before the root form of the main verb.
For example, "I will learn a new language" : Subject + "will" + base form of the verb
Hence, "die" is the correct form to use in this context.