Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
The frog adopts itself to live both in water and on land.
Option 1: frog adepts itself
Option 2: frog alters itself
Option 3: No substitution
Option 4: frog adapts itself
Correct Answer: frog adapts itself
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Adapt means to make something suitable for a new use or purpose or modify it, whereas adopt means to legally take another's child and bring it up as one's own. In the context of the sentence, the frog adapts, not adopts, itself to live on both land and water.
The correct sentence is: "The frog adapts itself to live both in water and on land."
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