Craft and StructureEasy–MediumWord for reducing a journey
Craft and Structure practice question
The new bus route has ____ the journey to the hospital by twenty minutes.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. shortenedCorrect
- B. lengthened
- C. cancelled
- D. blocked
Answer: A. shortened
By twenty minutes: shortened.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lengthened
- A new route would not be praised for lengthening the trip; "by twenty minutes" fits a saving.
- C. cancelled
- The journey still happens.
- D. blocked
- A route does not block a journey.
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