Multiple choice

The fall in the industrial output numbers suggest that the economy should slow down in the coming months, but that the increase in employment figures indicates that the slowdown will not be very severe.

  1. suggest that the economy should slow down in the coming months, but that the increase in employment figures indicates that

  2. suggest that the economy is likely to slowdown into the coming months, and the increase in employment figures indicate that

  3. suggests that the economy will continue its slowdown in the coming months, but the increase in employment figures indicate that

  4. suggest that the economy is continuing to slowdown in the coming months, but the increase in the employment figures indicates that

  5. suggests that the economy will continue to slowdown in the coming months, but the increase in employment figures indicates that
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; uses correct verbs - 'suggests' and 'indicates'; removes the redundant 'that', and takes care of parallel construction - 'will continue to slowdown', 'will not be very severe'.

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