Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence If the...........

English Language (MTS) One Word Substitution

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given

sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Children need much of guidance in how to use the internet wisely and efficiently.

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SSC MTS 20th October 2021 Shift-2

No substitution required

most

a lot

many

Let’s break it down:

- The original: "Children need much of guidance in how to use the internet wisely and efficiently."

- Option 1: No substitution required

- This would only be right if "much" fit perfectly. But "much of guidance" isn’t how we’d naturally say it.

- Option 2: most

- "Most of guidance" doesn’t work here grammatically. We don’t use "most" like this before uncountable nouns without an article or descriptor.

- Option 3: a lot

- This is how native speakers would say it: "a lot of guidance." It flows naturally, it’s correct, and it’s what you’d actually hear.

- Option 4: many

- "Many" is only for countable nouns (like "many books"). "Guidance" isn’t countable.

The correct answer: Option 3–a lot. "Children need a lot of guidance..." reads smoothly and makes perfect sense.

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