Question

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: I suggested that he goes to the doctor immediatel

• A. go to doctor at once
• B. should goes to the doctor
• C. go to the doctor immediately
• D. should have go to the doctor

Answer 1

Answer:

C. go to the doctor immediately

This question tests a highly specific and frequently tested advanced grammatical structure called the Subjunctive Mood.

• The Rule of the Mandative Subjunctive: In English, when a sentence contains a main clause with a verb that expresses a suggestion, demand, command, or necessity (such as suggest, recommend, insist, demand, propose, crucial, important), the dependent clause that follows (that-clause) must use the subjunctive mood.

• How the Subjunctive Mood Works: Regardless of the tense of the main verb or the subject pronoun used (he, she, it, they), the verb in the subjunctive that-clause must always be in its bare infinitive form (the base form of the verb without "to" or any endings like "-s", "-es", or "-ed").

  • Standard Indicative: He goes to the doctor.

  • Subjunctive (After 'suggest'): I suggested that he go to the doctor.