Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The business operates ________ the same way as the other businesses did.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. much.
The sentence is:
'The business operates ________ the same way as the other businesses did.'
Let’s understand the context:
The phrase 'the same way as' is a comparison.
To make the comparison grammatically correct and natural, we use 'much' with 'the same way'.
Correct sentence:
'The business operates much the same way as the other businesses did.'
This means the business functions in nearly or almost the same way.
Why the other options are incorrect:
Such
- Not used correctly in this structure. 'Such' usually modifies nouns (e.g., such a mess, such a plan).
Very
- 'Very the same way' is ungrammatical — 'very' intensifies adjectives/adverbs, not comparison structures like this.
Had
- Makes no sense here — wrong tense and doesn't fit the structure.