Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
She was smiling but looking pleased about something.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. and looked.
Statement: She was smiling but looking pleased about something.
As there are two clauses, so, the conjunction 'and' should be used instead of 'but', and the verb should be in the past tense as the sentence is in the past tense.
Correct statement: She was smiling and looked pleased about something.