Question:
Though he tried hard, he didn’t succeed.
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A.
However he tried hard, he didn’t succeed. -
B.
However hard he tried, he didn’t succeed. -
C.
However he didn’t succeed hard, he tried hard. -
D.
However he tried hard, but he didn’t succeed.
Reference explanation:
Correct answer: GET
Explanation: The original sentence uses the structure:
Though + S + V = although
Although he tried very hard, he did not succeed. Option B. However hard he tried, he didn’t succeed using the structure However + adj + S + V = no matter what
No matter how hard he tried, he didn’t succeed.
This is the option that has the closest meaning to the original sentence.
The remaining answers:
A. However he tried hard. he didn’t succeed = However he tried a lot, he didn’t succeed.
There is no structure with “However” like the sentence above.
C. However he didn’t succeed hard, he tried hard = However he didn’t succeed, he tried hard.
Neither the structure nor the meaning of the sentence match.
D. However he tried hard, but he didn’t succeed = However he tried a lot, but he didn’t succeed.
There is no structure with “However” like the above sentence; Furthermore, do not use both conjunctions
“However” and “but” in the same sentence.
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