Conditional Sentence Error Detection

CMAT 2021 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Language Comprehension

Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part: <u>If she will be promoted</u> (a) / <u>she will get</u> (b) / <u>a higher salary.</u> (c) / <u>No error</u> (d)

  1. A.

    a

  2. B.

    b

  3. C.

    c

  4. D.

    d

Answer

A

Explanation

In a first conditional sentence, the 'if' clause uses simple present tense, not future tense. 'If she will be promoted' should be 'If she is promoted'. Thus, part (a) contains the error.

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