Question

Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C) or (D), to complete the given sentence:

My mother was almost __________ accepting a year's subscription to a magazine by the salesman.

• A. set into
• B. spoken into
• C. forced
• D. talked into

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

talked into

The meanings of the phrasal verbs given are as follows:
Set into - toinstallsomethingintoitsplace, spoken into - there is no such idiom, forced - is not grammatically correct when used in the sentence without a preposition, talked into - persuaded to do something. So, the correct answer is D) talked into.