The sentence given below has 4 words in bold which may or may not have been placed correctly. If the words are not placed correctly, choose the correct combination of the words so that the sentence becomes grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the words have already been placed correctly, choose option 5- No Rearrangement Required as your answer. The guard thief (A) trousers (B) the dog (C) and ripped his attacked (D).
The sentence given below has 4 words in bold which may or may not have been placed correctly. If the words are not placed correctly, choose the correct combination of the words so that the sentence becomes grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the words have already been placed correctly, choose option 5- No Rearrangement Required as your answer. The guard thief (A) trousers (B) the dog (C) and ripped his attacked (D). Correct Answer CDAB
The correct answer is CDAB.
Key Points
We can look at the given sentence in the following way:
The guard ______ (A) _____ (B) the _____ (C) and ripped his _____ (D).
- The guard ''thief'' is contextually incorrect. Here the word dog should be placed in place of "thief" in (A). Here the words guard and thief are contrary to each other.
- The verb attacked should be placed in the place of the noun trousers in (B) to make the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
- For the sentence to be contextually correct the noun thief should be placed in (C) instead of the noun dog.
- In (D) the noun ''trousers'' fits aptly as the sentence implies the guard dog attacked the thief and tore his trousers.
Therefore the correct answer is option (4).
The correct order of the sentence is: The guard dog attacked the thief and ripped his trousers.
Additional Information
Let us look at the meaning of the words:
| Word | Meaning |
| Attacked | act against (someone or something) aggressively in an attempt to injure or kill |
| Thief | a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence |
| Trousers |
an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg
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| Ripped |
tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone
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