Question

her cough became chronic and would not go away. what stem is found in the sentence above? ○ bio ○ chron ○ pend

Explanation:

To determine the stem, we analyze the word "chronic" in the sentence. A stem is the base part of a word. The word "chronic" has the stem "chron", which relates to time (as "chronic" means long - lasting, related to time duration). "bio" is related to life (e.g., biology), and "pend" is related to hanging or weighing (e.g., pending), so they don't fit.

Answer:

B. chron