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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Grandfather has said so out of affection, do not take (to) heart.

  1. A
    into
  2. B
    it to
  3. C
    it by
  4. D
    no improvement

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The standard idiomatic phrase is "take something to heart", which means to be deeply affected or upset by something someone says or does.
In the given sentence, an objective pronoun "it" is required to represent what Grandfather said. Therefore, "take to heart" must become "take it to heart".

Hence, option B is correct.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Grandfather has said so out of affection, do not take (to) heart.
A
into
B
it to
C
it by
D
no improvement

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