Multiple choice

Choose the best sentence after changing the highlighted word/phrase (bare infinitive) into gerund.

Sentence - Close the eyes and look attentively at what goes on in the field of our vision. You will observe yourself.

  1. Closing the eyes and looking attentively at what goes on in the field of our vision, you will observe yourself.

  2. Closing the eyes and looking attentive at what goes on in the field of our vision, you will observe yourself.

  3. Closing the eyes and look attentively at what goes on in the field of our vision, you will observe yourself.

  4. Closing the eyes and looking attentively at what goes on in the field of our vision, you will observing yourself.
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Explanation

Option (1) is grammatically the most correct. Option (2) is incorrect because of adverbial error (looking attentive). Option (3) is incorrect as sentence is not parallel in construction (closing…look). Option (4) is incorrect because of the wrong sentence formation (you will observing yourself). Option (5) is incorrect as noun (eyes) has been changed to singular form.

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