WBCS.LIVE practice question

Improve the underline part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Many families are so poor to bear the cost of educating all their children.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. No improvement
  2. too poor
  3. to poor
  4. such poor

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: too poor

Explanation: The correct answer is B.✅ ✅The phrase “too poor to bear” is the correct expression indicating that the families are excessively poor and cannot afford the cost. ❌“So poor to bear” is grammatically incorrect in this context; “so” should be followed by “that” when expressing consequence (e.g., so poor that they cannot bear). ❌“To poor” and “such poor” are grammatically incorrect. Correct sentence: Many families are too poor to bear the cost of educating all their children.