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Substitute the highlighted words with the best option to improve the sentence. "As soon as he arrived home he knew that there was some wrong."
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Substitute the highlighted words with the best option to improve the sentence.
"As soon as he arrived home he knew that there was some wrong."

A.

there's something wrong there.

B.

it was something wrong.

C.

there was something wrong.

D.

there was some wrong.

Correct option is C


The correct substitution of the highlighted words is "there was something wrong."
Explanation:
• The original sentence uses "some wrong", which is grammatically incorrect. The correct idiomatic expression is "something wrong", which refers to an unspecified issue or problem.
• “There was something wrong” maintains the past tense of the sentence and uses the correct structure to express suspicion or realization.
Grammatical Rule Used:
• Use of “something” as an indefinite pronoun + adjective (“wrong”) to describe an undefined issue.
• Use of "there was" is standard for indicating the existence of something in the past.
Grammatical Rule in Hindi:
• “Something wrong” का प्रयोग तब किया जाता है जब कोई अज्ञात समस्या या गलती हो। “There was” से तात्पर्य है कि वह चीज़ (समस्या) वहाँ थी।
Example: As soon as I entered the room, I felt there was something wrong.
Meanings of the other options:
· (a) there's something wrong there – Incorrect tense (“there's” = there is); doesn’t match past tense “arrived.”
· (b) it was something wrong – Incorrect structure; “it was wrong” is acceptable, but “it was something wrong” is ungrammatical.
· (d) there was some wrong – Incorrect collocation; “some wrong” is not idiomatic English.

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