He talks as if he ____ the president.

সঠিক উত্তর গ) were.
Complete sentence: He talks as if he were the president.

• As if- এর অর্থ "যেন" -এর পরবর্তী clause এর tense সবসময় past indefinite tense হয়। ঐ clause -এ be verb থাকলে তা সবসময় were হয়।
Example:
He talks as if he knew everything.
He talks as if he were the president.

Source: A Passage to the English Language, S.M. Zakir Hussain.