Phrase Replacement
A phrase in the sentence is highlighted and you choose the best replacement — or 'No replacement required' when it is already correct. How to predict the fix, test each option in the full sentence, and recognise when nothing needs changing.
What you will be able to do
- Name what the highlighted phrase is testing before reading the options.
- Test each option in the whole sentence and reject any that breaks agreement, tense or meaning.
- Decide when 'No replacement required' is the correct answer.
- Keep the fix inside the highlighted span and leave the rest of the sentence alone.
What is inside this lesson
- 1The format
- 2What the highlighted phrase is testing
- 3The method
- 4When "No replacement required" is right
- 5Worked example: two items
- 6Common mistakes
- 7Quick revision
- 8Practice
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The format
A sentence is given with one phrase highlighted. Four or five options offer replacements for that phrase, and one option is "No replacement required" (sometimes worded "No correction required").
The question is narrow: does the highlighted phrase, and only that phrase, need to change for the sentence to be correct and natural? You are not asked to rewrite the sentence or to improve parts that are not highlighted. "No replacement required" is a genuine answer and is correct in a fair share of items.
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