Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence to make it a meaningful sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
A new kind of pollution that is acquiring serious dimensions was noise pollution.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. is acquiring serious dimensions is noise pollution.
- The original sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the positioning of "was" after "noise pollution."
- The corrected sentence uses "is acquiring serious dimensions" to describe the current state of the pollution, providing proper tense agreement.
- This correction results in a grammatically accurate and meaningful sentence.