In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".We took a path that would keep us away from (disturb) them as they basked in the sun and ate a slow meal.
- Adisturbing
- Bdisturbed
- Cdisturbs
- Dno improvement
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The correct option is A.The word "from" is a preposition. In English grammar, a preposition must be followed by a noun, pronoun, or a gerund (verb+ing form acting as a noun phrase). Therefore, the base form verb 'disturb' must be transformed into the gerund disturbing.