Question

exercise 4 using different forms of words

decide which form of the vocabulary word in parentheses best com-
pletes the sentence. the form given may be correct. write your answer
on the answer line.

1. tonight the restaurant is offering a ? chicken dish. (delectable)
2. the ? of the mustard made nguyen sneeze when he opened the

jar. (pungent)

1. hilary surprised her brother by saying ?, “i’ll go to whatever

movie you want to see.” (bland)

1. not one ? of food was left after our fourth of july picnic.

(morsel)

1. roger eats ? after his diets and gains back in a week the weight

he has lost. (ravenous)

1. with poached salmon as the main dish, aunt ruth’s tailgate picnic

before the big football game was an ? delight. (epicure)

1. after ice - skating on the pond for two hours, the children sat before

the fire and ? cider. (quaff)

1. st. george, the patron saint of england, is said to have slain a

dragon that was about to ? a princess. (devour)

Explanation:

1.

The sentence needs an adjective to describe the "chicken dish". "Delectable" is already an adjective, so it can be used directly.

The sentence needs a noun (after "The") to refer to the quality of the mustard that made Nguyen sneeze. The noun form of "pungent" is "pungency".

The sentence needs an adverb to modify the verb "saying". The adverb form of "bland" is "blandly", but wait, the context here might be that Hilary is being uncharacteristically agreeable, so maybe "blandly" fits to show a flat, unemotional way of saying it. Wait, actually, maybe I made a mistake. Wait, "bland" as an adverb? Wait, no, "bland" can be an adverb? Wait, no, the correct adverb form is "blandly". Wait, but let's check the context. The sentence is "Hilary surprised her brother by saying ___, 'I’ll go to whatever movie you want to see.'" So she is saying it in a bland (unemotional, flat) way, so the adverb "blandly" is correct. Wait, but the original word is "bland", so we need to convert it to adverb. So "blandly".
Wait, but maybe I was wrong. Wait, let's check the part of speech. The word "saying" is a verb, so we need an adverb. So "blandly" is the adverb form of "bland". So the answer is "blandly".

Answer:

delectable

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