oil price

[daretodream]

The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

[komal]

The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

E is the best choice.

A,B,C - incorrect --impact should remain a noun;

D - incorrect - "possibility of" is correct idiom. Further "diminish" instead of "impede" is more appropriate to use here.

[thephoenix]

we can break it as follows - Note the sentence talks about impacts of oil price rise.
The expected rise in the price of oil could have "X" and "Y".
A. Usage of "could be a serious impact.." seems unidiomatic here.
B. Usage of "impact on industrialized.."
C. Usage of "impact on industrialized.." seems unidiomatic here.
D. Usage of "possibility to have.." seem unidiomatic here
IMO E

[thephoenix]

we can break it as follows - Note the sentence talks about impacts of oil price rise.

The expected rise in the price of oil could have "X" and "Y".

A. Usage of "could be a serious impact.." seems unidiomatic here.
B. Usage of "impact on industrialized.."
C. Usage of "impact on industrialized.." seems unidiomatic here.
D. Usage of "possibility to have.." seem unidiomatic here

IMO E

[bhumika.k.shah]

hope this helps

The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have - correct idiom is possibility of . ELIMINATE

(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have- correct idiom is possibility of . ELIMINATE

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having - seroiusly impact on is wrong.ELIMINATE

(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have - correct idiom is possibility of . ELIMINATE

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having - CORRECT