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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

She acted as if she is the one who was hurt.

Option 1: as if she has been

Option 2: as if she will be

Option 3: as if she would

Option 4: as if she were


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Correct Answer: as if she were


Solution : The correct solution is the fourth option.

Explanation: The issue lies in the use of the present tense "is" after "as if", creating a tense inconsistency. In English, when expressing a contrary-to-fact condition in the past, the appropriate construction involves the past tense.

Were reflects the hypothetical aspect of the situation, indicating a condition contrary to what actually happened.

So, the correct sentence would be: She acted as if she were the one who was hurt.

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