Question

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence-
She fell ill as the juice she _____ stale.
a) Has is
b) Have is
c) Had was
d) Hasn’t is

Answer 1

Hint:Read the given sentence carefully. Try to find out the core meaning of the given sentence. Make out the difference between the subject and the predicate of the sentence.

Complete answer:
The given sentence is a complex sentence. The main clause, 'She fell ill' is in the simple past tense. The reason for the subject (she) falling ill, is given in the subordinate clause, which begins with the conjunction, as'. As the event happened in the past, the subordinate clause should also be in the past tense.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option -
Option A: The subordinate clause, 'as the juice she has is stale' is in the simple present tense. It cannot complete the sentence as the main clause is in the simple past tense. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option B: This is incorrect as the auxiliary, 'have' is used with a third person, plural subject. It cannot be used with the third person, the singular subject, 'she'.
Option C: The subordinate clause 'as the juice she had was stale' is in the past tense. It also meaningfully completes the given sentence.
Option D: The sentence, 'She fell ill as the juice she hasnt' is stale' is not complete and does not convey any meaning.
Hence, option 'c' is the correct option.

Note:
We cannot use 'is' after 'hasn't'. It would be grammatically and logically incorrect. We can also not use 'is' after 'has'. So, we eliminated both of these options.