Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
He behaves if he were a king.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. behaves as if.
The original sentence:
'He behaves if he were a king.'
This is incorrect because the expression 'as if' is missing after 'behaves.'
The correct idiomatic structure is:
'Subject + behaves as if + clause (in subjunctive mood).'
'He behaves as if he were a king.'
This construction is used to describe an imaginary or unreal situation.
Let’s look at the other options:
could be behaving as – awkward and ungrammatical in this context.
will be behaving as – incorrect tense and structure.
has been behaving as – incorrect use of perfect continuous tense here.