QUESTION 15-19: WORD CHOICE
Super Strikers Challenge · 5 lessons
The butcher handles big and tough meat, so he uses a sharp cleaver to _______ them at his stall.
A. Chop is correct because a cleaver is a large, heavy blade specifically designed for chopping—making forceful, downward cuts through tough meat and bone.
B. Cut is too general and doesn't capture the heavy, forceful action a cleaver performs.
C. Grind means to crush into small pieces (like with a grinder), which doesn't match what a cleaver does.
D. Mince means to cut into very tiny, fine pieces—a cleaver makes larger, rougher cuts, not the delicate, small pieces mincing requires.
Siti sang a sad song so _______ during the school concert that a lot of people in the audience started crying.
Why A (sweetly) is correct:
"Sweetly" means in a pleasant, beautiful, or touching way. A sweet performance of a sad song would move people emotionally and cause them to cry—this makes logical sense.
Why the others are wrong:
- B (carelessly) – Singing carelessly (without effort or attention) wouldn't create an emotional impact strong enough to make people cry.
- C (excitedly) – Excited singing doesn't match a *sad* song and wouldn't naturally lead to tears from sadness.
- D (heartily) – This means enthusiastically or with vigor, but doesn't describe the emotional quality needed to touch people's hearts with a sad song.
My uncle is a _______ teacher who goes out of his way to help his pupils with their school work.
A. Dedicated ✓
"Goes out of his way to help" shows commitment and effort beyond what's required—that's the definition of being dedicated to your work.
B. Selfish ✗
Selfish means thinking only of yourself. Someone going out of their way to help others is the opposite.
C. Friendly ✗
Friendly describes being pleasant and likeable, but the sentence focuses on *effort and commitment*, not just personality.
D. Innovative ✗
Innovative means creative or introducing new ideas. Nothing in the sentence mentions new methods or creativity—just helping students.
Alia wants to celebrate because she is _______ that she passed the examination with flying colours.
A. Pleased ✓
"Pleased" is correct because it's an adjective meaning "satisfied" or "happy about something"—exactly what Alia feels after passing the exam well.
Why the others don't work:
- B. Surprised – While Alia might be surprised, the sentence focuses on *why* she wants to celebrate (her positive feeling), not on being caught off-guard.
- C. Pleasured – This isn't a standard adjective in English; "pleased" is the correct form. "Pleasured" isn't used this way.
- D. Impressed – This means admiring someone else's achievement. Alia is happy about *her own* success, not impressed by it.
These days, there are many effective tools we can use to _______ all sorts of information we want to learn more about.
Browse is correct because it means to casually look through information, which matches the idea of exploring "all sorts of information" we want to learn about. It's the natural verb for searching through content online or otherwise.
Look is too vague and would need a preposition like "look at" or "look for" to work here.
Share means to give something to others, not to search for information yourself.
Provide means to supply or give something, which is the opposite action—it's what a tool does for us, not what we do with a tool.
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