Craft and StructureMediumAdjective fixed by inconsistent performance
Craft and Structure practice question
The old boiler's performance was ____: some mornings it heated the whole building, on others it produced nothing but a rattle.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. erraticCorrect
- B. reliable
- C. powerful
- D. silent
Answer: A. erratic
Working fully one day and not at all the next is unpredictable, uneven behaviour — 'erratic'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. reliable
- 'Reliable' is the opposite of what the colon describes.
- C. powerful
- 'Powerful' doesn't capture the days it produced only a rattle.
- D. silent
- A rattling boiler is not silent, and silence isn't the point.
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