Directions: Choose the word or phrase that best fills the blank in the given sentence. The Finance Minister denied completely that prices ______ the budget.
Question and options
Directions: Choose the word or phrase that best fills the blank in the given sentence.
The Finance Minister denied completely that prices ______ the budget.
- would rise after
- will rose after
- is rising up
- will now rise
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - would rise after
Reported speech after a past-tense verb (denied) shifts 'will' to 'would': 'denied that prices would rise after the budget'. 'will rose after' is ungrammatical; 'is rising up' and 'will now rise' do not fit the sequence of tenses.
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