In the question given below, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose ‘No Improvement’ as your answer. The chickens on his farm are fatted up nicely.
In the question given below, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose ‘No Improvement’ as your answer. The chickens on his farm are fatted up nicely. Correct Answer are fattened
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. 'are fattened'
[ alt="notes" src="//storage.googleapis.com/tb-img/production/20/08/notes.png" style="width: 30px; height: 30px;">The concept is: 'Fat' is a transitive verb and it means 'to make fat' but we need an intransitive verb here because there is no object.
'Fatten' is an intransitive verb that means 'to become fat' hence we can use this verb in the present progressive tense. As this verb is an intransitive verb.
[ alt="bulb (3)" src="//storage.googleapis.com/tb-img/production/20/08/bulb%20%283%29.png" style="width: 25px; height: 25px;">Note: Transitive verbs are those verbs that do have an object and Intransitive verbs are those verbs that do not have an object. In the given sentence, 'Nicely' is an adverb. and there is no object in it.
So the correct sentence is:
The chickens on his farms are fattened up nicely.