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Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The train was late because of the heavy rain falls.

1. due to the rain fall
2. because of heavy rainfall
3. owing for heavy rains
4. as it rained heavily

Correct answer: because of heavy rainfall

Solution

"Heavy rainfall" is the correct and natural expression. "Rain falls" is incorrect in this context, and the other options are ungrammatical or less suitable.

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