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Craft and Structure practice question

The match was ____ for twenty minutes while the storm passed overhead.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. pausedCorrect
  2. B. won
  3. C. started
  4. D. cancelled

Answer: A. paused

Twenty minutes while the storm passed: paused.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. won
Winning does not take twenty minutes of waiting.
C. started
It had already begun.
D. cancelled
A cancelled match does not resume.

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