ব্যাখ্যা
• Complete sentence: She cried as if she had lost her only friend.
• As if / As though যুক্ত sentence এর পূর্বে Past Indefinite Tense থাকলে as if/ as though এর পরে Past Perfect Tense হয়।
• আবার, 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.
বাকি বিকল্পগুলো ভুল কারণ:
খ) She cried as if she lost her only friend.
- “lost” → simple past, unreal past context-এ ঠিক নয়।
গ) She cried as if she losted her only friend.
- “losted” → ভুল verb form, “lost” হলো past tense।
ঘ) She cried as if she losts her only friend.
- “losts” → singular present tense, ভুল।
Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain.