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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct

He held the railing as he walked downed the stairs.

Option 1: No improvement

Option 2: walk down

Option 3: walked downs

Option 4: walked down


Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: walked down


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

Walked downed is not grammatically accurate, as walked already implies the action happening in the past, and downed is not the correct verb form. To imply the action of walking down in the past, walked down is correct, and there is no need to add a past tense marker after down .

Therefore, the correct sentence is: "He held the railing as he walked down the stairs."

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