Which of the Following Sentences Contains a Hidden Verb That

question 149

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a hidden verb that weakens the action?

• A) He paid the vendor in full.
• B) When faced with declining sales, she quickly changed the product mix.
• C) The two sides came to an agreement.
• D) The company pushed into new markets, without fully understanding the cultural variables.
• E) Strangely, whenever sales rose, profits declined.

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Definitions:

Volume

A measure of the amount of space occupied by a substance, such as a gas, liquid, or solid.

°C

A unit of measurement for temperature on the Celsius scale, where 0°C represents the freezing point of water and 100°C represents the boiling point at sea level.

Gas Law

A set of laws that describe the behavior of gases in relation to pressure, volume, temperature, and quantity.

Mole

A mole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry to quantify the amount of substance, equivalent to approximately 6.022 x 10^23 particles, atoms, molecules, ions, or electrons.