Craft and StructureHardWord for a decline that happens slowly
Craft and Structure practice question
The village's population did not collapse; it ____ over fifty years, a family or two leaving each decade until the school closed for want of children.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dwindledCorrect
- B. surged
- C. stabilised
- D. fluctuated
Answer: A. dwindled
A slow shrinking.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. surged
- Surging is growth.
- C. stabilised
- Stabilising is no change.
- D. fluctuated
- Fluctuating goes up and down.
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