The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.

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SSC CGL 2021 Tier-I (Held On : 11 April 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The erroneous part is 'this year it reflect badly'.

Key Points

The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Here, 'this year it will reflect badly' should be used instead of 'this year it reflect badly'.
The given sentence is an example of a conditional sentence.
The type 1 conditional is used to refer to the present or future where the situation is real.
Type 1 conditional refers to a possible condition and its probable result.
Let's look at the structure of these kinds of sentences: If + simple present, simple future
- Example: If you don't hurry, you will miss the train.
Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.

Correct Sentence: If the economy fails this year it will reflect badly on the government.