Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence is given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

He lifted the precious treasure gently, reverently and cautious.

  1. cautiously

  2. with cautiously

  3. with cautious

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Case of parallelism. Before the incorrect word “cautious”, the two words “gently” and “reverently” are adverbs. The adverb form of “cautious” should be used and is ”cautiously”. Hence, (1) is the correct answer.

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