Craft and StructureMediumWord for being determined despite difficulty
Craft and Structure practice question
The volunteers were ____: they dug the drain by hand through a fortnight of rain and finished it the day the digger finally arrived.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. persistentCorrect
- B. reluctant
- C. idle
- D. lucky
Answer: A. persistent
A fortnight of rain, by hand: persistent.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. reluctant
- Reluctant volunteers would have waited for the digger.
- C. idle
- They dug.
- D. lucky
- Nothing lucky about the rain.
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