Question

Directions Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

(1) My brother and I look nothing alike. (2) There are some families in which the resemblance is uncanny. (3) Often siblings share the same facial features (eyes, noses, or smiles). (4) Annabelle, who is one of my teammates, _____ so much like her older sister that our soccer coach once called her to demonstrate a drill by using the wrong name! (5) Smiling Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him. (6) Our coach wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving did not even notice his mistake. (7) Later, picking teams for a scrimmage match, the team captain made the same error. (8) Neither our coach nor our teammates ____ ever mistaken me for my brother like that.
(9) Even though we don't resemble each other physically, my brother and I enjoy a lot of the same things. (10) We both play the guitar and read biographies for fun. (11) Steak and eggs ___ our favorite breakfast. (12) We even took a cooking class together to learn how to make it ourselves. (13) But more than anything else, we love going on long road trips, we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. (14) That's one vacation I'll never forget, because we almost didn't make it home.
(15) Our last morning in Miami, we brought our guitars down to the beach. (16) Looking out over the ocean, we practiced a new song, composed during the trip. (17) Our guitars never sounded better. (18) To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again? (19) I told my brother to put the car keys in his guitar case so they wouldn't get lost in the surf, and then we ran into the water. (20) When it was time to go, my brother opened his case and shouted, "Oh no! The keys aren't here! I must have left them in my pocket, which means they're __ac" (21) He trailed off and shifted his gaze across the ocean. (22) We spent over an hour kicking through the sand looking for the keys. (23) Eventually, we gave up and called the auto club to bring us a spare set. (24) With nothing to do but wait, we decided to play our guitars to pass the time
(25) I grabbed my case and popped the lid. (26) I couldn't believe my eyes! (27) There in my guitar case was the keys. (28) ____ , all I could do was laugh. (29) My brother and I learned an important lesson that trip: we might not look alike, but our guitar cases sure do!
Question
Which word correctly fills in the blank in sentence 28?
Select one:
a. Astonish
b. Astonished
c. Astonishes
d. Astonishing
d. There in my guitar case were the keys.

Answer 1

The appropriate word to complete sentence 28 is 'Astonishing', which serves as an adjective in the context of the sentence. The correct option is b. Astonished.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct word that fills in the blank in sentence 28 is b. Astonishing. This is the correct form to use because the sentence requires an adjective to modify the pronoun 'it' that precedes the blank. The complete sentence would be: 'Astonishing, all I could do was laugh.'

"Astonished, all I could do was laugh." In this context, "astonished" is the correct word as it conveys the narrator's state of being surprised or amazed upon discovering the keys in the guitar case. The word choice captures the emotion of the moment and fits grammatically in the sentence.

The sentence expresses the narrator's reaction to the unexpected discovery, emphasizing the contrast between the initial belief that the keys were lost and the surprising realization that they were in the guitar case all along.

The correct option is b. Astonished.