Question

Two friends Sumit and Rahul were going home after school. Taking a bite at this bar of chocolate, Sumit said (a)_______ to go to Harvard. Rahul was duly impressed to hear this and said (b)______. In his typical style Sumit replied that his (c)__________. (i)(a) when he grows up, he wants (b) when he grew up, he wanted (c) when I grow up, I want (d) when he grew up, he wants (ii)(a )that he would have to study hard (b) that would had to study hard (c) he would have to study (d )you would have to study hard (iii)(a) father will have to work hard (b) father would had to work hard (c) father had to work hard (d) father would have to work hard

Answer 1

Answer:

Two friends Sumit and Rahul were going home after school. Taking a bit at his bar of chocolate, Sumit said when he grew up, he wanted to go to Harvard. Rahul was duly impressed hear this and said that he would have to study hard. In his typical style Sumit replied that his father would have to work hard.

Explanation:

The whole dialogue in the passage is told using reported speech. In other words, it is the narrator who tells us what the characters said, rather than the characters themselves. When using the reported speech, the verb tense often changes into the past. Take a look at the example below:

- Direct speech: Lana said, "I want to be a lawyer."

- Reported speech: Lana said that she wanted to be lawyer.

For that reason, when completing the passage above, it is better if we choose options that use the past instead of the present. We must also pay attention to coherence. If an option mixes both present and past, it is most likely incorrect. Having that in mind, the best way to complete the passage is by using the following:

when he grew up, he wanted

that he would have to study hard

father would have to work hard