After the final battle, rumor had it that a few renegades had slipped off into the forest to avoid capture. These sneaky rogues
have continually eluded capture. The leaders of the empire are worried that the rebels will form a resistance movement first. Which sentence would be the best addition to the end of the paragraph? Then the rebels overcame the empire’s troops and take the city. Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city. Then the rebels overcome the empire’s troops and take the city. Then the rebels have overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.After the final battle, rumor had it that a few renegades had slipped off into the forest to avoid capture. These sneaky rogues have continually eluded capture. The leaders of the empire are worried that the rebels will form a resistance movement first.Which sentence would be the best addition to the end of the paragraph?- Then the rebels overcame the empire’s troops and take the city.- Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.- Then the rebels overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.- Then the rebels have overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
B). Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
Explanation:
The sentence that would be the best addition to conclude the paragraph is displayed in option B and i.e. 'Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city' as it appropriately corresponds to the last sentence of the given paragraph that is written in simple future. This is the most perfectly offers an end to the paragraph, both grammatically and comprehensively. Thus, <u>option B</u> is the correct answer as the other options are grammatically incorrect. Option A wrongly employs overcame with take that doesn't offer parallelism and at the same not corresponding to the sentence prior to it. Option C and D also carries the similar error of not continuing the time of the previous sentence.
