Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

You are ill if you eat all that food. 

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  1. have been
  2. will be
  3. were
  4. No substitution required

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Option 2 : will be
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The correct answer is "Will be".

Key Points

  •  The use of 'are' is incorrect here.
  • The given sentence is a first conditional sentence that expresses a sitaution in which a outcome is likely to happen in future.
  • When using the first conditional structure, we use the simple present tense in the 'if' clause and simple future tense in the main clause.
  • Therefore, we will use 'will' in the main clause as per the above structure.
  • The correct answer is option 2.

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