While James was in prison for extremely (A) he became theft (B) religious and decided to pursuits (C) all of his temporal abandon (D)

In the question below, four words are highlighted, which may not be correctly placed. Choose the correct replacement in between the highlighted words that can give appropriate meaning to the sentence.

The correct option is Only (A)-(B) and (C)-(D).

Let us analyze the given sentence and understand how swapping the highlighted words creates a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

Original Sentence:
"While James was in prison for extremely (A) he became theft (B) religious and decided to pursuits (C) all of his temporal abandon (D)"

Step-by-step logical reasoning:
1. Swap (A) and (B):
In position (A), we have the adverb "extremely", which requires a noun to complete the phrase "prison for extremely...", but "extremely theft" is grammatically incorrect. "Theft" (a noun denoting a crime) fits appropriately after "prison for". In position (B), we have "religious" (an adjective), which requires an adverb like "extremely" before it ("extremely religious").
Therefore, swapping (A) theft and (B) extremely gives: "...prison for theft (A), he became extremely (B) religious...".

2. Swap (C) and (D):
In position (C), the infinitive marker "to" requires a base verb ("decided to abandon"), but "pursuits" is a noun. In position (D), "temporal" (an adjective) requires a noun after it, so "temporal pursuits" is correct.
Therefore, swapping (C) abandon and (D) pursuits gives: "...decided to abandon (C) all of his temporal pursuits (D)".

Corrected Sentence:
"While James was in prison for theft, he became extremely religious and decided to abandon all of his temporal pursuits."

Hence, the correct pair of swaps is Only (A)-(B) and (C)-(D).