In the question below four words are given in bold. These four words may not…
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In the question below four words are given in bold. These four words may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other.
Innovative (A) educational tech, from (B) virtual classrooms to interactive apps, is reshaping (C) learning, offering dynamic and personalized (D) experiences.
Answer: E. No interchange required — ConceptIn a word-swap (para-jumble of words) question, each bold-marked word is a candidate that may be sitting in the wrong slot. A word is in its CORRECT…
- A.
D-B & C-A
- B.
A-D
- C.
B-C
- D.
A-B & C-D
- E.
No interchange required
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Correct answer: E
Concept
In a word-swap (para-jumble of words) question, each bold-marked word is a candidate that may be sitting in the wrong slot. A word is in its CORRECT position only when it satisfies two tests at once: (1) it agrees with the grammar of its slot (the right part of speech, agreement, and verb form), and (2) it carries the meaning the sentence intends in that slot. If every bold word already passes both tests, the answer is that no interchange is required.
Application
Test each bold word in its current slot against both rules:
Innovative (A): an adjective modifying the noun phrase "educational tech". An adjective belongs directly before the noun it describes, so it is correctly placed.
from (B): opens the "from ... to ..." range structure ("from virtual classrooms to interactive apps"). The matching "to" appears later, so "from" is correctly placed.
reshaping (C): the present participle completing "is reshaping" (present-continuous). The auxiliary "is" demands an -ing verb next, so "reshaping" is correctly placed.
personalized (D): an adjective modifying "experiences" in "dynamic and personalized experiences". It is parallel with the adjective "dynamic", so it is correctly placed.
Every bold word already passes both the grammar test and the meaning test in its current slot, so the sentence reads correctly as it stands: "Innovative educational tech, from virtual classrooms to interactive apps, is reshaping learning, offering dynamic and personalized experiences."
Cross-check
Confirm by attempting any swap: moving an adjective such as "Innovative" into a verb slot, or pulling "from" out of the "from ... to" pair, leaves the matching word stranded and breaks either subject-verb-object order or the range structure. Because no swap can improve a sentence that already obeys both rules, the correct response is that no interchange is required. The A–D swap ("personalized ... innovative") stays grammatical for the same part-of-speech reason but reverses two standard collocations — "innovative technology" and "personalized experiences" — into the weaker "personalized technology" and "innovative experiences", so it fails the sentence's contextual-fit test even though it passes the grammar test.