The Great Barrier Reef is one of the longest reefs in the world, ____ more than 2000 kilometers along the northeastern coast of Australia.
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The question presents a sentence with a blank and asks to choose the best option (A, B, C, D, or E) to fill in the blank. The sentence discusses the length of The Great Barrier Reef.
Answer
D) extending
The correct answer choice is D) extending
Answer for screen readers
The correct answer choice is D) extending
More Information
The Great Barrier Reef extends for over 2,000 kilometers. The word 'extending' turns the second part of the sentence into a participial phrase that modifies 'The Great Barrier Reef'.
Tips
The other answer choices create grammatically incorrect sentences.
Sources
- Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
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