Multiple choice

Direction: Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice 1 if not, select one of the other choices.

Seeing him working at such a slow pace, they urged him to finish the work more expeditious.

  1. they urged him to finish the work more expeditious

  2. they urged him to hurry up the work

  3. they urged him to finish the work more expeditiously

  4. expeditious work they urged him to finish

  5. they urged him to hurry up the work more expeditiously
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3): Not the adjective but the adverb form will be used. As 'expeditiously' modifies another adverb 'more'. Option (5) is wrong because redundancy is introduced by adding two similar meaning words.

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