Which of the phrases given below can be placed in the blank to make a…

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Which of the phrases given below can be placed in the blank to make a complete, meaningful sentence that is also grammatically correct?

How do you feel when you not only complete that project, but also complete it ahead of the deadline, _______

  1. A.

    to grow up as a constructive and productive individual

  2. B.

    to grab every opportunity that comes your way

  3. C.

    to great critical acclaim of your bosses

  4. D.

    to have some free time for yourself

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Correct answer: C

Concept

A sentence-completion choice must satisfy two things together: it must complete the sentence grammatically, and it must continue the meaning, focus, and tone the sentence has already established — including matching a rhetorical or interrogative structure through to its natural close.

Application

Three of the four options ('to grow up as a constructive and productive individual', 'to grab every opportunity that comes your way', 'to have some free time for yourself') are infinitive-of-purpose phrases ('to' + base verb), which would state a REASON for completing the project early. But the sentence's frame — 'How do you feel when you ... complete it ahead of the deadline, ___?' — asks about an accompanying circumstance or result of finishing early, not a reason for it. 'to great critical acclaim of your bosses' is different in kind: it is a prepositional (adverbial) phrase describing what results from finishing early — being praised by one's superiors — which is exactly the kind of accompanying circumstance the question invites as an answer to 'how do you feel'.

Cross-check — why each other phrase does not fit as well

  • 'to grow up as a constructive and productive individual' shifts to a broad, general life-goal that has no clear link to the specific act of finishing a project ahead of schedule.

  • 'to grab every opportunity that comes your way' describes a general attitude toward opportunities, a separate idea from the specific situation of completing a project ahead of the deadline.

  • 'to have some free time for yourself' is grammatically valid but reframes early completion as simply a route to personal downtime, which sits oddly with the sentence's rhetorical, professional register.

So the sentence is correctly and meaningfully completed by 'to great critical acclaim of your bosses'.

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