Identify the sentence in which the verb tenses are logical and consistent.Multiple choice question.Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium had increased.Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase.Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase.Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium increases.
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Identify the sentence in which the verb tenses are logical and consistent.Multiple choice question.Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium had increased.Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase.Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase.Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium increases.
Solution
The sentence in which the verb tenses are logical and consistent is: "Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase."
Here's why:
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"Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium had increased." - This sentence is incorrect because the use of past perfect tense "had increased" implies that the increase in the insurance premium happened before the car accident, which is not logical.
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"Although last Friday's car accident was not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase." - This sentence is correct. The past simple tense "was" correctly refers to the accident that happened in the past, and the future simple tense "will increase" correctly refers to the increase in the insurance premium that will happen in the future as a result of the accident.
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"Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium will increase." - This sentence is incorrect because the present simple tense "is" incorrectly refers to the accident that happened in the past.
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"Although last Friday's car accident is not Enrique's fault, his insurance premium increases." - This sentence is incorrect because the present simple tense "is" incorrectly refers to the accident that happened in the past, and the present simple tense "increases" incorrectly refers to the increase in the insurance premium that will happen in the future.
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