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Craft and Structure practice question

The trust is ____ with its grants: it funded four of the sixty applications last year and paid each in instalments.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. sparingCorrect
  2. B. generous
  3. C. prompt
  4. D. careless

Answer: A. sparing

Four of sixty, in instalments: sparing.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. generous
Generous would fund more.
C. prompt
Promptness is not described.
D. careless
Carelessness contradicts the instalments.

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