Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.
The special task force attacking on the terrorists and successfully captured their leader.
force attacked on the terrorists
Incorrect Answerforce attacked the terrorists
Correct Answerforce attacking on the terrorist
Incorrect Answerattacking force on the terrorists
Incorrect AnswerNo correction required
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Correct Answer is (b).The original sentence is erroneous.
Reason: The sentence is in simple past. So the simple past form of the verb ‘attack’ should be used. Moreover, prepositions are not used with transitive verbs. ‘Attacked’ is a transitive verb in this sentence and should not be followed by the preposition ‘on’. Hence, ‘attacked’ should be used in place of ‘attacking’ and ‘on’ should be omitted in order to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Among the given choices, only option B replaces the given bold part most appropriately.
The sentence after replacement becomes:
The special task force attacked the terrorists and successfully captured their leader.Option B is hence the correct answer.
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By: Abhishek kumar