Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled (1) through (5). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

After having a _________ journey, we had ___________ food.

  1. persistent, musty

  2. frightful, terrific

  3. congenial, palatable

  4. tiresome, common

  5. expedition, brisk

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

Both the fillers should be in similar flow. If the journey was good, the food also must have been good. Otherwise the conjunction provided should have been a word of contrast (but, however etc.). ‘Congenial’ and ‘palatable’ offer a cogent pair.

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