Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
I go to his house personally so that I could persuade him to continue his studies.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. went to his house.
- "I go to his house" - This part of the sentence is in the present tense and suggests that the speaker currently goes to the person's house.
- However, the context of the sentence indicates that the speaker is narrating a past action.
- Correct Replacement: "Went to his house" - To maintain consistency with the past tense indicated by the rest of the sentence ("so that I could persuade him to continue his studies"), the correct verb form is "went," which is the past tense of "go."
So, the revised sentence is: "I went to his house personally so that I could persuade him to continue his studies."