Directions: In the following sentence, three substitutions are given for each italicised part. If one of them is better than the italicised part, that should be your answer. If none of the substitution improves the sentence, the answer should be (4).
The woman was asked to go to the police station but she denied.
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she refused
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she denied to go
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she agreed
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No improvement
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The verb 'deny' is transitive and requires a direct object - you must deny something. In this context, 'she denied' is grammatically incomplete. While 'she denied to go' is grammatically possible, 'she refused' is the best improvement because it clearly communicates the rejection of the request without requiring an object and matches the context perfectly.