Multiple choice

During the recession, thousands of small businesses went..........

  1. bleak

  2. broke

  3. bright

  4. brutal

  5. blatant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Broke means having no money or bankrupt. When businesses go broke, they fail financially and go out of business. This is common during recessions. Bleak (gloomy), bright (optimistic), brutal (cruel), and blatant (obvious) are adjectives, but broke is the predicate adjective that completes the phrase went broke.

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