Multiple choice

Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly. PLASTIC

  1. Young pupils have very plastic minds.

  2. Pottery is a plastic art.

  3. Plastic food often looks more appetizing than real food.

  4. Your manners of plastic won't work here.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Word plastic as used in reference to young pupils means impressionable minds. So, usage (1) is correct. 'Plastic art' refers to arts involving shaping or modeling. In sentence (3), plastic word is used for artificial or unoriginal food. In sentence (4), the sentence is grammatically incorrect. Instead, the correct sentence is 'your plastic manners won't work here'. This marks option (4) as the one having incorrect usage.

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