Identify the segment of the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Even if he loses this match, (A) he will still be getting (B) one more chance (C) to enter the finale. (D)

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SBI PO Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held on:23 June 2018)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e., ‘he will still be getting’- the error lies in this part only.

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This is a conditional sentence, and in this type of sentence, one sentence depends upon the other because of cause and effect.
In this case, this type of sentence follows a special structure.
Conditional words are If, even if, until, unless, as soon as, when, while, as long as, after, etc.

Conditional word + subject + v1/v5 + object, subject + will/ shall/ may + v1 + object.
If + subject + v2 + object, subject + would/ should/ could/ might + v1 + object.
If + subject + had + v3 + object, subject + would/ should/ could/ might + have + v3 + object.
Had + subject + v3 + object, subject + would + have + v3 + object.

The given sentence follows rule number ‘1’, and according to the rule, the error lies in Part ‘B’.

quesImage265 For example- Even if he skips rehearsals, the dance teacher will still favour him.

In the given sentence, ‘will still be getting’ is wrongly used instead of ‘will get’ in the main clause.

Hence, ‘will still be getting’ should be replaced by ‘will get’.

So, the correct sentence is:

“Even if he loses this match, he will still get one more chance to enter the finale.” quesImage7