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.

My son is as tall as, if not taller, than the other boys in his class.

  1. My son is taller

  2. My son is very tall

  3. My son is tallest

  4. No improvement

  5. .
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the degree of adjectives used in the sentence makes sense. ‘As tall as, if not taller’ are used in their correct form as positive and comparative.

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