Question

The company's profits increased significantly over the last quarter , leading to speculation about potential expansions in their operations.

Q: Answer-The company's profits increased significantly over the last quarter, leading to speculation about po...

Increased significantly in the last quarter is correct, as it uses the past tense increased to match the completed action of profit growth within a specific time period, the last quarter.

In the given question a part of the sentence is printed in bold which needs to be improvised. Among the given options choose the option that can improve the sentence and make it grammatically and contextually meaningful. If no improvement is required and the sentence is correct in its original form, then mark option 5
i.e., 'no improvement required' as the answer.

A increases significantly over the last quarter

B increased significantly in the last quarter

C increased significantly since the last quarter

D has increased significantly over the last quarter

E No improvement required

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