Question

In the sentence given below, one word has been omitted. Choose the option that has the missing word along with the words that come before it and after it.
Spiders are the most fascinating nature’s smaller creatures.
A) Are of the
B) Fascinating in nature’s
C) Fascinating of nature’s
D) Fascinating by nature’s

Answer 1

Hint:Omitted means to leave out or something has failed to include or mention in the sentence. So, we have to identify which part of the sentence is missing. Missing words can be from the beginning of the sentence or in the middle part of the sentence or in the last part of the sentence.

Complete answer:
Option A) Are of the – is an incorrect answer because ‘are of the’ is not grammatically correct. So, if we use this option our sentence will be grammatically incorrect. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Fascinating in nature – is an incorrect answer because we use ‘in’ to refer to periods of time, such as months, years, century, decades etc. So, this option is incorrect in the given context. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Fascinating nature’s – is the correct answer because we use ‘of’ when we want to show that people or things relate to other things or people. And here in the sentence instead of fascinating nature’s it should be fascinating in nature. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) Fascinating by nature’s – is an incorrect answer because ‘by’ means that nature has done something or something has been done 'by' nature. But there is nothing in the sentence which implies this. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: For answering such questions it is very important to understand the meaning of omit and its purpose in the sentence. As, omit related to the omission of the part of the sentence which somehow makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. So, option C is the most appropriate answer as it communicates the exact sense of the sentence i.e. spiders are the most fascinating from among nature's smaller creatures.