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Choose the sentence which is written correctly.

  • A.Now we shall not go there unless we shall be asked
  • B.Now we shall unless we shall be asked not go there
  • C.Now we shall not go there unless we are asked
  • D.Now unless we shall be asked we shall not go there.

Answer: C

The correct sentence is Now we shall not go there unless we are asked.

In English, a clause of condition introduced by unless or if takes the simple present tense to refer to the future, not shall or will. So the main clause carries the future (we shall not go) and the unless clause stays in the present (unless we are asked).

The first and last options both put shall be asked inside the unless clause, which is the error being tested. The second option also breaks the verb phrase apart, placing not go there after the condition.

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