Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
The exam was not so easy that we had expected.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. as easy as.
- The underlined segment is erroneous.
- We use "so + adjective + that" to express both the cause and the result of a situation in a sentence.
- We use "as + adjective/adverb + as" to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way.
- Hence, the underlined segment should be replaced with "as easy as" to make the sentence grammatically correct.
- The correct sentence will be: The exam was not as easy as we had expected.