Question

    The senior member said that none of them was leaving the

    party and they were here to change the way they functioning . In each of the following sentences, one part of the sentence is emboldened. In the options, four alternatives are given. Find out which alternative could replace the phrase in bold to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the phrase is correct, select option 5, “No improvement required” as your answer.
    A they were there to change the way they function Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B they were here to change the way we function Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C they are here to change the way they function Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D they were there to change the way they functioned Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Since the reporting verb is in the past tense, ‘here’ changes to ‘there’ and ‘function’ changes to ‘functioned’. The senior member said that none of them was leaving the party and they were there to change the way they functioned .

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