Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has an underlined part followed by four alternatives. You are to choose the one that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined part.

Since light travels faster than sound, therefore, thunder appears to come after lightning.

  1. succeed

  2. precede

  3. prolong

  4. repel

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Succeed means to come next after another; follow; ensue.