Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Five pairs of words are denoted by (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Which pairs of words can be filled up in the blanks? The other children had to _______ since John alone _______ all the food.

  1. leave, prepared

  2. eat, cooked

  3. wait, spoiled

  4. cook, wasted

  5. starve, ate
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E Correct answer
Explanation

In this sentence, the action of 'other children' directly depends on the action done by John. Considering the complementary nature of the words, option 5 seems to be the best choice.

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