Craft and StructureEasyWord for being very small in amount
Craft and Structure practice question
The stream that feeds the pond is ____ in late summer — barely a trickle over the stones — but it has never yet run completely dry.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. meagreCorrect
- B. abundant
- C. frozen
- D. noisy
Answer: A. meagre
'Barely a trickle' defines the blank: a small flow.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. abundant
- A trickle is not abundant.
- C. frozen
- Late summer is not when a stream freezes.
- D. noisy
- A trickle is quiet.
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