Multiple choice

Being a correspondent for the local newspaper is my ___, but writing poetry in my free time is my ___.

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

  1. mission, interest

  2. nice, pastime

  3. vocation, avocation

  4. canton, passion

  5. territory, hobby

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

What one does for a living is one’s ‘vocation’, but what one does for personal interest or as a hobby is ‘avocation’. All the other options for the first blank are unrelated. Therefore, option 3 is correct.

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