Fill in the blanks in the given sentences in List-I with the appropriate prepositional phrases in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Preposition phrases) |
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(A) I drive to work, but I'd never do it _____ if I could avoid it. |
(I) at once |
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(B) You should take the dessert out of the freezer and serve it _____. |
(II) by choice |
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(C) I thought I understood the equation but ____ I realized it was complicated. |
(III) at the very least |
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(D) The store should give me my money back or ____ offer to exchange the shoes. |
(IV) on reflection |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) I drive to work, but I'd never do it by choice if I could avoid it. | (II) by choice | By choice means because one wants to, willingly. The speaker drives only because he has to, not because he likes it. |
| (B) You should take the dessert out of the freezer and serve it at once. | (I) at once | At once means immediately. A frozen dessert must be served straight away, before it melts. |
| (C) I thought I understood the equation but on reflection I realized it was complicated. | (IV) on reflection | On reflection means after thinking about it again, more carefully. A second look showed the equation was harder than it seemed. |
| (D) The store should give me my money back or at the very least offer to exchange the shoes. | (III) at the very least | At the very least means as the minimum that is acceptable. A refund is what the speaker wants. An exchange is the least the store should offer. |