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Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • I shall be doing a MBA online, and continue with my present job.
  • I shall do a MBA online, and continue with my present job.
  • I shall do an MBA online, and continue with my present job.
  • I shall do an MBA online, but continuing with my present job.
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The Correct Option is C

Approach Solution - 1

This sentence is easiest to check by splitting it into two separate questions: which article goes before "MBA," and whether the two verbs match each other.

For the article, remember that "a" and "an" depend on sound, not spelling. "MBA" is said as "em-bee-ay," and the first letter "M" is pronounced with the vowel sound "em." So the correct article is "an," giving "an MBA," even though the letter "M" itself is a consonant.

For the verbs, the sentence describes two plans joined by "and": doing an MBA and continuing the present job. Since they are joined as equal, ongoing plans, both verbs should be in the same plain future form: "shall do" and "continue." Mixing forms, such as "shall be doing" with "continue," or switching the second verb to "continuing" with "but," breaks this match.

Combining the two checks, the correct sentence needs "an MBA" and the matching pair "shall do... and continue."

So, the correct answer is I shall do an MBA online, and continue with my present job.

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Approach Solution -2

Reading each option aloud and listening for the word that a native speaker would stumble on is a quick way to check this sentence.

  1. Option A: "I shall be doing a MBA online, and continue with my present job." Said aloud, "a MBA" is the spot that sounds wrong, since the letter "M" is actually said as "em," a vowel sound, and no fluent speaker would naturally say "a em-bee-ay."
  2. Option B: "I shall do a MBA online, and continue with my present job." Read aloud, the same "a MBA" stumble shows up again right at the start, even though the rest of the sentence, "shall do... and continue," sounds perfectly even.
  3. Option C: "I shall do an MBA online, and continue with my present job." Spoken aloud, this one runs smoothly from start to finish, "an MBA" sounding natural against the vowel sound, and "shall do... and continue" landing as two evenly matched plans.
  4. Option D: "I shall do an MBA online, but continuing with my present job." Read aloud, "an MBA" sounds fine here, but "but continuing" is where the sentence catches, since it suddenly sounds like an afterthought or a contrast rather than a second plan sitting alongside the first.

Following the ear through each version and then explaining the stumble points to the same option every time.

So, the correct answer is I shall do an MBA online, and continue with my present job.

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