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• Correct Answer: গ) knew.

• As if/ As though যুক্ত sentence এর পূর্বে Present Indefinite Tense থাকলে as if/ as though এর পরে Past Indefinite Tense হয় এবং Be verb থাকলে সবসময় were হয়।
Example: He talks as if he were a leader.

- তাই, “She speaks as if she knew everything” - এটি কাল্পনিক বা মিথ্যা ভাব প্রকাশের জন্য সঠিক।

- আবার, As if/ As though যুক্ত sentence এর পূর্বে Past Indefinite Tense থাকলে as if/ as though এর পরে Past Perfect Tense হয়। যেমন:
- Example: She responded as if I had accused her of lying.

• Other options:
ক) knows
- ভুল, এটি present tense যা বাস্তব সত্য বোঝায়; এখানে subjunctive mood দরকার।

খ) had known
- ভুল, এটি past perfect tense, যা অতীতের hypothetical ঘটনার জন্য ব্যবহৃত হয়।

ঘ) know
- ভুল, কারণ “she” subject-এর সাথে bare infinitive "know" ব্যবহার করা যায় না।

Source: A Passage to the English Language, S.M. Zakir Hussain.