WBCS.LIVE practice question

Select the opinion that will improve the underline part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’. During the winter months the bears go without food by nearly six to seven months.

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

Answer options

  1. No improvement
  2. for quite
  3. from almost
  4. for almost

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: for almost

Explanation: The correct answer is D.✅ The phrase “go without food for almost six to seven months” is grammatically correct and idiomatic. "For" is used to indicate duration, and "almost" is the appropriate adverb to show approximation of that time. Corrected Sentence- "During the winter months, the bears go without food for almost six to seven months."