Multiple choice

Which forms of the word: "sting" will fit the sentences given below?

We must watch out for fire corals on the beach as they can give a nasty _____. She felt a __ pain when a thorn pinched her. He was _____ by a wasp.

  1. stinging, sting, stinged

  2. sting, stinging, stung

  3. stinging, sting, stung

  4. sting, stinging, stinged
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct forms are: sting (noun for the action/sensation, 'give a nasty sting'), stinging (adjective/participle, 'stinging pain'), and stung (past participle, 'He was stung'). Option B correctly uses the noun form for what is received, the participle as adjective to describe the pain type, and the past participle in passive voice for what happened to him.

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