A fifth-grade teacher would like her students to use more formal and precise language in their writing and speaking. Which of the following words would best replace the underlined portion of this sentence?
“When settlers first arrived at the area, food was in short supply and they had to ration and make do with what they could forage.”
abundant
exhausted
scarce
low
Be alert for words like better, best, most/mostly, main/mainly, major, greatest, largest, priority, and primary/primarily in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.
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