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Directions: In the given question, a word has been mentioned and there are three ways in which the word has been used in either similar or different ways. You are required to check which of the sentences have correctly used the highlighted word, and mark that as your answer. Sink I. He dumped the rest of his coffee in the sink and left the room. II. The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer.

Options

  1. AOnly I
  2. BOnly I and III
  3. COnly I and II
  4. DAll are correct

Correct answer

D. All are correct

Step-by-step solution

Sentence I. He dumped the rest of his coffee in the sink and left the room. Here sink means: a basin as in a kitchen and its usage is correct. Sentence II. The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer. Here the word sank (past tense)means to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level. It is a verb and its usage is correct. Sentence III. The captain said that the feeling of winning the world cup took a while to sink in. Here sink in is a phrasal verb and it means: (of words, sentiments)

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