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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. The dog (tended with) her wounds by licking them.
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The dog (tended with) her wounds by licking them.
1). Tended to
2). Tended on
3). Tended as
4). No improvement
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The correct answer is option 1.
The phrase ‘tended to’ means administering care and attention towards something. Options 2 and 3 use either incorrect prepositions or words which are grammatical misfits. The phrase ‘tended to’ $must be used in that particular format and since the dog is licking her wounds and administering care, the correct option must be option 1. Thus the sentence becomes – ‘The dog tended to $her wounds by licking them’.