Question

Replace the underlined verb in the given sentence with a suitable option:
Admit to a good school is not easy these days.
a. Admitted
b. Admitting
c. Admittance
d. Admission

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and understand what it means. Now, go through the options and check which one of them is not a verb. Choose the one which fits the context of the sentence while keeping it grammatically sound.

Complete answer: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of nouns. A noun is a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. Noun is the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'Admitted', refers to ‘declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is a verb. The sentence needs a noun which is described as ‘not easy’.
Option (b.), ‘Admitting', refers to ‘allow to enter; grant entry to’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as it is a verb. The sentence needs a noun which is described as ‘not easy’.
Option (c.), ‘Admittance', refers to ‘the right to enter’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as although it is a noun, it does not make sense with the implication of the sentence.
Option (d.), ‘Admission', refers to ‘the act of admitting someone to enter’.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct as it is a noun and also makes perfect sense in context with a school.
Therefore, option d is correct.

Note: Some nouns are always singular. These are uncountable nouns. Articles A/An are not used with these nouns.