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.

For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent that economic activity in one part of our economy generates the dynamism in other sectors too.

  1. For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent that economic activity in one part of our economy generates the dynamism in other sectors too.

  2. For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent that economic activity in one part of our economy generate the dynamism in other sectors too.

  3. For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent economic activity in one part of our economy generates the dynamism in other sectors too.

  4. For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent that economic activity in one part of our economy should generate the dynamism in other sectors too.

  5. For the economy to be cohesive it is pertinent economic activity in one part of our economy generate the dynamism in other sectors too.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Where the modifying clause emphasises the importance of an action in the modified clause, the latter does not take the auxiliary. In the original sentence, the 's' in generates is nothing but a form of the auxiliary 'does'. This option corrects the error.