Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the following sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your response. Otherwise, ‘No improvement’ will be the answer.

Chess appears to have originated in India or Persia.

  1. to have been originated

  2. to originating

  3. on having originated

  4. No improvement

  5. .

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the given sentence implies that chess originated in India or Persia in the past.