Multiple choice

Directions: The numbered lines given below contain an error each. Choose the correct option to rectify the corresponding error. Though I am averse to gamble, yet we went to the party (13) Though everybody brought their children along with them, (14) We left our baby in charge of a neighbour and (15) Our son, who is elder than her, stayed at home. (16)

Which phrase should replace ‘averse to gamble’ in line (13)?

  1. adverse to gamble

  2. adverse to gambling

  3. averse to be gambling

  4. averse to gambling
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence means to say that the speaker is opposed to gambling. Since ‘averse’ is followed by a preposition ‘to’, so gerund should follow it.

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