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I have been ill for a fortnight, and the management and the school sports committee as well prefer to elect me captain of the school team. Initially, I thought that it was only in fun, but I was wrong.

1. I have been ill for fortnight and the Management and the school sports committee as well prefer to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it is only in a fun but I was wrong.
2. I had been ill for the fortnight and the Management and the school sports committee preferred to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in a fun but I was wrong.
3. I have been ill for a fortnight and the Management as well as the school sports committee prefers to elect me Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in fun but I was wrong.
4. I was ill for a fortnight thus the Management as well as the school sports committee preferred to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in fun but I was wrong.

Correct answer: I have been ill for a fortnight and the Management as well as the school sports committee prefers to elect me Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in fun but I was wrong.

Solution

The correct sentence keeps the present perfect tense for an action continuing up to the present: "have been ill for a fortnight." Also, "management as well as the school sports committee" takes a singular verb, so "prefers" is correct. The phrase "in fun" is the correct idiom, not "in a fun."

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