Question

Which word form correctly completes this sentence? Frightened by the massive tropical _______________ off the coast, the family rushed to leave their home before the storm became stronger. A) depress B) depressive C) depression D) depressing

Answer 1

The correct answer would be C. depression.

Step-by-step explanation:

Option C is the only tense of the word, that goes together with the tense of the sentence, and still remains grammatically correct. This example sentence is past tense.

Answer 2

The correct answer is depression.

Step-by-step explanation:

Letter A is incorrect because depress is a verb and the sentence doesn't require it.

Letter B is also incorrect because depressive means "characterized by depression" and a "tropical depressive" is nonsense.

Letter D is also incorrect because depressing means that something causes depression.

Finally, letter C is the correct answer because a tropical depression is similar to a storm and the effects are described in the statement.