In the question below, a sentence is given with four words highlighted. These…
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In the question below, a sentence is given with four words highlighted. These four words may not be in their correct positions. 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.
Be careful (A) not to microwave (B) the hot plate (C) when you take the food out of the catch (D).
Answer: D. B-D — ConceptIn a word-interchange task, four marked words may be out of place. You must find the one set of swaps that makes the sentence both grammatically…
- A.
A-B
- B.
B-C & A-D
- C.
A-B & C-D
- D.
B-D
- E.
No interchange required
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Correct answer: D
Concept
In a word-interchange task, four marked words may be out of place. You must find the one set of swaps that makes the sentence both grammatically well-formed and semantically sensible — and only the words that are misplaced should be moved. A swap is correct only if every interchanged word lands in a slot where it fits the meaning and the part of speech demanded by the surrounding structure.
Application
Read the sentence with the four marked items in place:
“Be careful (A) not to microwave (B) the hot plate (C) when you take the food out of the catch (D).”
Marked items: A = careful, B = microwave, C = the hot plate, D = catch.
The verb after “not to” must be an action you are warned against doing to a hot plate — you would warn someone not to catch (touch/grab) a hot plate, not to “microwave” it.
“take the food out of the ___” needs the appliance that holds the cooked food — that is the microwave, not “the catch.”
So microwave and catch must trade places (interchange B and D). After the swap:
“Be careful not to catch the hot plate when you take the food out of the microwave.” — grammatical and meaningful.
Cross-check
“careful” (A) is already correctly placed after “Be,” and “the hot plate” (C) is already the correct object of the warning, so neither A nor C needs to move. Only the B–D interchange is required, which is exactly the combination B-D.