Question

Given below sentence. A part of each sentence is underlined which may contain an error. Replace the underlined part with the right choice
The child closely resembles to his mother

• A. resembles his mother
• B. resemble mother
• C. resemble with his mother
• D. resembles to mother

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

To correct the sentence "The child closely resembles to his mother", we need to focus on the verb "resembles". In English, some verbs are not followed by prepositions, and "resemble" is one of them.

1. The verb "resemble" is used to indicate likeness or similarity between two entities. It does not require a preposition after it. For instance, we correctly say "resembles someone" not "resembles to someone".
2. Therefore, the correct phrase should be "resembles his mother", without the preposition "to".

Hence, the correct sentence is: "The child closely resembles his mother."

Reasoning for Choosing the Correct Option:

• resembles his mother: This option is correct since it uses the verb "resemble" properly without a preposition.
• resemble mother: Incorrect because the subject-verb agreement is missing, the correct form is "resembles".
• resemble with his mother: Incorrect due to the unnecessary preposition "with".
• resembles to mother: Incorrect due to the unnecessary preposition "to".

Conclusion: The sentence should be "The child closely resembles his mother." This reflects the correct grammar usage for the verb "resemble" in the context of this sentence.