Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
She was smiling but looking pleased about something.
Option 1: and looked
Option 2: but look
Option 3: so looking
Option 4: No improvement
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Correct Answer: and looked
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The conjunction and is more suitable in this context to indicate a simultaneous action (smiling and looking pleased).
Therefore, the correct sentence is: She was smiling and looked pleased about something.
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