Direction: A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed choose "No improvement".
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The Councillor behaves as if he is the Chief Minister.
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- has been
- were
- No improvement
- was
Correct Option: B
As we know that ,
We will replace ‘is’ with ‘were’ because in an unreal conditional sentence where the events are contrary to the facts, the we use ‘if’ clauses with ‘were’ even if the pronoun is singular.
The correct sentence will be :-
The Councillor behaves as if he were the Chief Minister.
Thus , required answer will be option B .
