Question
In the following questions, a word has been given and
there are three ways in which the word has been used, in similar or different forms. You need to see which of the sentences has/have correctly used the given word and mark your answer accordingly. Pine I. The waterfall can be seen and the noise of water pining the stone from a height of about 70 feet heard from the road after crossing the village. II. He was actually worrying and pining in his heart, but he could not say anything. III. The first semester was okay, but after Christmas I started to pine for home, wishing I was closer, that I could just be there.Solution
(b) Pine (verb) - Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart. Pine for - Miss or long for. The second and the third sentences use the word correctly. The required word in the first sentence was 'striking'. Option B is the right answer.
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