Question

Correct the underlined part of the sentence, if needed.
Antony, coming alongside Cleopatra’s ship, climbed aboard without seeing or being seen by her.
A) Climbed aboard without seeing or being seen by her
B) Climbed aboard without seeing Cleopatra or being seen by her
C) Climbs aboard without Cleopatra seeing her
D) Boarded without being seen by her
E) Boarded without seeing Cleopatra

Answer 1

Hint: Phrase replacement indicates that something is wrong in the sentence or the phrase that needs to be correct.

Complete answer:
Option A) Climbed aboard without seeing or being seen by her – is an incorrect answer because the phrase ‘Climbed aboard without seeing or being seen by her’ the meaning is not clear and somehow gives a blur meaning of this option and does not give proper sense. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Climbed aboard without seeing Cleopatra or being seen by her – is the correct answer because the phrase in this option indicates the proper meaning of the underlined phrase in the question i.e. the meaning is: Antony did not see Cleopatra, nor did she see him and this option gives the complete meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) Climbs aboard without Cleopatra seeing her – is an incorrect answer because the phrase ‘Climbs aboard without Cleopatra seeing her’ in this option is not correct. However, it does not give similar meaning of the underlined word or it gives the blur meaning. However, this option conveys that Antony climbs without Cleopatra and this is not what the underlined sentence tries to convey. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Boarded without being seen by her – is an incorrect answer because the phrase ‘Boarded without being seen by her’ in this option is not correct. However, who boarded without seeing her does not give a similar meaning of the underlined phrase. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option E) Boarded without seeing Cleopatra - is an incorrect answer because the phrase ‘Boarded without seeing Cleopatra’ in this option is not correct because the word climbed is missing and somehow, this is not a complete sentence. However, it does not give a similar meaning of the underlined word. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: To answer such a question, read the question carefully to understand the meaning of the sentence. Analyse the meaning and tone of the given sentence i.e. positive, negative, sarcastic and etc. After that find the correct option that will make the sentence grammatically correct. So, Option B is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.