Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement ’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The day are warm. So the students ate their lunch outside.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. was warm
- Was warm is the suitable option.
- The sentence "The day was warm" describes a past event in the past tense.
- The entire phrase has a consistent tense since "So the students ate their lunch outside" fits the first part's past tense.
- The way this sentence is put together suggests that the kids' decision to eat outside was influenced by a warm day that had taken place in the past.
- Compared to other options:
- Was Warming: - This expression suggests a prior task that was still in progress. The phrase construction ("the students ate their lunch outside") doesn't mix well with the idea that the day continued becoming warmer.
- Is Warm: Using "Is warm" to describe a current situation is grammatically accurate. Though "is warm" implies a current condition, the second portion of the sentence ("so the students eat their lunch outside") use the present tense. As a result, the sentence's tense consistency is off.
- No Improvement: According to this choice, the original statement is already accurate. But the first statement ("The day are warm") is grammatically incorrect since "day" is singular and should be written with "is" instead of "are."