He__(beat) the thief if he catches the man
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Answer:
He will beat the thief if he catches the man.
Explanation:
- In English, the grammatical construction of sentences related to verbs plays an important role.
- A conditional sentence possesses 2 parts: the main clause and the conditional clause which is denoted as the clause with "if".
- Here the given sentence belongs to type 1 conditional sentence which is mainly based on the possibility of the future, anything predictable or hypothetical or completely imaginary.
- In such a case, the tenses will change accordingly as follows-
1. First form of the verb (V1 or V1 s/es) with the If clause → Shall/will/may/can + first form of the verb (V1) [Main clause]
2. The second form of the Verb (V2) with the If clause→ Should/would/might/could + first form of the verb (V1) [Main clause]
3. Had + third form of the Verb (had + (V3)
with the If clause→ Should/would/might/could +
have(extra to be added) + third form of
the verb (V3) [Main clause]
- As per the rules, we can write if he catches the man, he will beat the thief.
Therefore the most appropriate form of the verb would be
He will beat the thief if he catches the man.
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[The given question seems to be incomplete, most probably the complete question was-
He__(beat) the thief if he catches the man.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.]