Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Were the politicians to assess themselves honestly, they would find that they have lost their credibility.

  1. they have lost their credibility.

  2. they had lost their credibility.

  3. they were lost-their credibility.

  4. they lost their credibility.

  5. their credibility was lost.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence bears error of tense. They 'would find that' should be preceded in time by 'had lost', not 'have lost'. This option rectifies the error by changing 'have' to 'had'.

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