Multiple choice

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

Not only did they loot the shop, but also set it alight. (Change into a simple sentence)

  1. Beside looting the shop, they also set it alight.

  2. Having looted the shop, they also set it alight.

  3. Besides looting the shop, they also set it alight.

  4. They looted the shop and they also set it alight.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Here, the coordinate clause ‘not only did they loot the shop’ is reduced to the prepositional phrase ‘besides looting the shop’.

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