Directions: Select the most appropriate phrase to replace the underlined phrase in the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. Select 'No correction required' as the answer, if the sentence is correct as it is.
US secretary of state made it clear that time running out for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme and said that talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in April.
[IBPS(PO), 2012]
Explanation
The underlined phrase " running out" must be replaced with option B "was running out " to make it grammatically correct. Because we should use an auxiliary verb here to make the syntax correct
Corrected sentence: US secretary of state made it clear that time was running out for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme and said that talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in April.
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