Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
While washing your hands, rub them together for 20 seconds to remove the microbes on them.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. No substitution.
In the given sentence, there is no need to substitute as the sentence is grammatically as well as contextually correct.
- Article 'the' is used to refer to specific or particular nouns. It has been correctly used in the sentence.
- In the given sentence preposition 'on' is correctly used as it used to indicate a place of position. The preposition 'on' is:
- Used to express a surface of something.
- Used to specify days and dates.
- Used to indicate a device or machine, such as a phone or computer.
- Used to indicate a part of the body.
- Used to indicate the state of something.
- Pronoun 'them' is always used in place of plural noun i.e. 'hands' in the given sentence.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. No substitution.