Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct phrase from the given options for the underlined phrase.

If the committee plays its cards sensibly in the coming weeks, pushing for meaningful reforms toward this end, without repudiating the earlier reforms, it should have turned a hitherto deliberative exercise into a demonstration of political maturity and could effect a turnaround on the party's political fortunes.

  1. it should have turned a hitherto deliberative exercise into a demonstration of political maturity

  2. it could turn a hitherto deliberation exercise into a demonstration of political maturity

  3. it will turn a hitherto deliberation exercise into a demonstration of political maturity

  4. it could have turned a hitherto deliberation exercise to a demonstration of political maturity

  5. it should turn a hitherto deliberation exercise into a demonstration of political maturity
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence uses a conditional structure ('If the committee plays...'). The subsequent clause requires a future-oriented modal or verb. 'It will turn' (Option C) is the most logical and grammatically correct completion for the sequence of events.

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