JAMB 2018 English Language · Question 27
If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get …
Question
Choose the option that best completes the gap. If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __________
- A.loose
- B.lose
- C.loosed
- D.loosing
Answer: A. loose
Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key
Step 1: Analyze the question The sentence is: "If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __." The verb "get" here works as a linking verb meaning "become," so it needs an adjective to describe the state of the handle.
Step 2: Explain the concept (commonly confused words)
- loose (adjective) means not firmly fixed, not tight. Pronounced /luːs/.
- lose (verb) means to fail to keep something or to be defeated. Pronounced /luːz/.
- loosed is the past tense of the verb "loose" (to set free). It is rare and does not fit here.
- loosing is the -ing form of the verb "loose" and does not fit after "will get."
Step 3: Test each option
- A. "it will get loose": correct. "Get" + adjective means "become loose."
- B. "it will get lose": wrong. "Lose" is a verb and cannot follow "get" here.
- C. "it will get loosed": wrong. It makes no sense in this context.
- D. "it will get loosing": wrong. The grammar is incorrect.
Step 4: Answer If you keep playing with the door handle, it will become loose (not firmly attached). The answer is A. loose.
Tip: Remember that lose has only one "o" and means to misplace something ("I don't want to lose my key"). Loose has a double "o" and is the opposite of tight ("loose handle," "loose tooth"). Think of the double "o" as the extra room that makes something loose.
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