Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence to make it a meaningful sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The patients are shifted to another hospital that same evening as this hospital caught fire.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. were shifted to another hospital that same evening as this hospital caught fire.
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The corrected sentence would be: "The patients were shifted to another hospital that same evening as this hospital caught fire."
- The original sentence uses "are shifted," which is present tense, while the rest of the sentence ("caught fire") refers to a past event.
- Option 2, "were shifted," correctly uses the past tense to match the rest of the sentence, making the sentence grammatically correct.
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This substitution adds the verb "were shifted" to the sentence, making it grammatically correct.