Complete the following sentence by using the correct form of the verb with the…
2017
Complete the following sentence by using the correct form of the verb with the help of options that follow.
When I went to Mumbai, I realized that I _________ there.
- A.
shall not have gone
- B.
needn't have gone
- C.
must not have gone
- D.
need not to have gone
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Correct answer: B
Correct answer: needn't have gone
Explanation: Needn't have + past participle is used to say that an action in the past was unnecessary. In the sentence, the speaker realizes after going to Mumbai that the trip was not necessary, so "needn't have gone" correctly conveys that meaning.
Why other choices are wrong:
“shall not have gone” is not used to express an unnecessary past action and sounds ungrammatical in this context.
“must not have gone” expresses a deduction that someone probably did not go, not that going was unnecessary.
“need not to have gone” is ungrammatical; the correct pattern is “needn't have” + past participle.
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