Craft and StructureEasy–MediumVerb fixed by ten days becoming six
Craft and Structure practice question
Rising costs forced the festival to ____ its programme, cutting the usual ten days to six.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. curtailCorrect
- B. extend
- C. advertise
- D. celebrate
Answer: A. curtail
Cutting ten days to six is shortening the programme. To 'curtail' is to cut short.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. extend
- 'Extend' is the opposite of cutting days.
- C. advertise
- Advertising doesn't reduce a programme's length.
- D. celebrate
- Celebrating doesn't reduce a programme's length.
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