Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
I couldn’t visit my aunt as there were the traffic jam due to an accident.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. was a traffic jam.
- 'There' has been used to here to indicate 'the way to aunt's home', therefore 'was a traffic jam' will be used, we need to keep the singular helping verb of the statement.
- So, the chosen option will improve the sentence grammatically and contextually.
The correct sentence will be-
I couldn’t visit my aunt as there was a traffic jam due to an accident.