Craft and StructureEasy–MediumWord for a gradual decrease
Craft and Structure practice question
Attendance at the evening classes ____ through the autumn, from thirty in September to nine by December.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dwindledCorrect
- B. surged
- C. stabilised
- D. doubled
Answer: A. dwindled
Thirty to nine: dwindled.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. surged
- A surge is a rise.
- C. stabilised
- The number kept falling.
- D. doubled
- It fell.
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