Multiple choice

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

Sentence - I often choose the most remote themes that cost me long hours of intense effort, and then make them acceptable.

  1. Often choosing the most remote themes that cost me long hours of intense efforts, I make them acceptable.

  2. Often choosing the most remote themes that cost me long hours of intense effort, I made them acceptable.

  3. Often choosing the most remote theme that cost me long hours of intense effort, I make them acceptable.

  4. Often choosing the most remote themes that cost me long hours of intense effort, I make them acceptable.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (4) is grammatically the most correct option. Option (1) and (3) are incorrect as the number of the noun has been changed (effort à efforts) and (themes à theme). Option (2) is incorrect because of incorrect tense (made).Option (5) is incorrect because of wrong usage of article 'a' in place of 'the' with superlative degree of adjective 'most'.

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