Sentence Correction

A report released by the Bureau of Land Management revealed that if endangered birds eat properly and lived outdoors near other birds, they will need less supervision and reproduce quicker than do those confined in zoos.


A) lived outdoors near other birds, they will need less supervision and reproduce quicker than do

B) lived outdoors near other birds, they need less supervision and reproduce quicker than

C) live outdoors near other birds, they needed less supervision and will reproduce quicker than do

D) live outdoors near other birds, they have needed less supervision and will reproduce more quickly than do

E) live outdoors near other birds, they need less supervision and reproduce more quickly than

[spoiler]It is a verb tense issue...
IMO ... E[/spoiler]

You're right, but can you explain why we did not use the future tense with the If clause.

i.e If I study hard, I will get good score.

Abdulla wrote:You're right, but can you explain why we did not use the future tense with the If clause.

i.e If I study hard, I will get good score.

Abdulla,

"if birds eat properly and lived outdoors" STOP and do not look for WILL, loo for a choice that corrects this parallelism issue; either "eat and live " or " ate and lived"

From here, forget about WILL and start to look for other mistakes, construction, and concision.

Thanks heshamelaziry,

by the way i will take the test on the same day.

Wish you best of luck.

Could any body please explain comparison in E.
IMO comparison in E is wrong..

Please explain

joshi.v123 wrote:Could any body please explain comparison in E.
IMO comparison in E is wrong..

Please explain

I think you are looking for "will" in the second clause. If something will happen in the future, it may last a short time or long time and then change; this is would be the meaning of this sentence if "will" is used.
However, the writer intent is to say that " if birds are fed (and what ever else), they will be in a stable state of livelihood. Think about it in comparison to "the earth goes around the sun", which is a fact. The writer wants to establish a fact of the same leaning.

Hope I made a point.

why is the "do" not needed in E???

capnx wrote:why is the "do" not needed in E???

I THINK THE REQD VERB IS "NEED" AND ITS OMITED AND IS CORRECT.